Description
Medium-sized, bushy, broad evergreen shrub (H 2-2,5 m, W 2,5-3 m). Crown broadly spherical, flattened. Leaves ovate (8-12 cm), hard, leathery, slightly glossy, dark green above, lighter beneath. Flowers numerous, in dense terminal inflorescence, broadly bell-shaped (4-5 cm), dark violet to red-violet, with dark brown-red spot. Flowering period: May-June. Grows best in deep, fertile, acidic, humus-rich, sufficiently drained, but always moist soils, in a light semi-shade.