Predominant Flower Color: Red
Flower/Truss Description: Tubular campanulate, with nectar pouches, deep rose to scarlet. Truss holds 12-20 flowers.
Fragrant: No
Bloom Time:
Late to Very Late
Foliage Description: Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, up to 7½" long, upper and lower surfaces of new leaves with evanescent indumentum, glabrous when mature.
Plant Habit: Compact to leggy shrub or small tree
Height: 5 feet in 10 years.
Cold Hardiness Temp: 5°F (
-15°C)
Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L): E
Sub Genus: Hymenanthes
Section: Ponticum
Sub Section: Parishia
Geographical Origin: NE Burma, China (W Yunnan)
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