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