General Description | A colourful shrub in both its foliage and in its showy unique blooms. |
ID Characteristic | Fringy drooping flowers. |
Shape | Round. |
Landscape | Use in shrub borders, as an accent plant, as ground cover, in mass plantings, as a general border plant or as a specimen. |
Cultivation | Grow under partial to full sun in well-drained, neutral to acidic humus-rich soil. Water weekly, twice a week in hotter climates. Very extensive root system. |
Bark/Stem Description | Smooth bark. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Small buds in terminal clusters of 2 - 5. |
Leaf Description | Ovate-pinnate leaves with defined venation. |
Flower Description | Fringe-like blooms. |
Colour Description | Raspberry coloured flowers. A mixture of purplish-brown to sage green foliage. Brownish-red bark with greenish-brown stems. |