A very variable, small, bushy, evergreen shrub, to perhaps 1.5m tall, often with shaggily hairy stems and lightly aromatic green foliage. Flowers are variable in shade from deep purple-pink to rose pink, to 6cm across, with a yellow centre
1-1.5 metres
1-1.5 metres
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Grow in poor to moderately fertile soil in sheltered site in full sun. Usually lime tolerant, but can become chlorotic on very alkaline soils
Propagate by seed; sow as soon as ripe and keep in cold frame or sow in spring. Take softwood cuttings in summer
Pruning group 8 or pruning group 9. Generally does not respond well to hard renovation pruning
Generally pest-free
May be susceptible to honey fungus
