| Shape | Bushy. |
| Landscape | Low maintenance cottage and informal gardens. |
| Propagation | Semi-ripe cuttings in late summer, layering in autumn and grafting in late summer or winter. |
| Cultivation | Prefers partial-shade. Plant in moist but well-drained slightly acidic soil. |
| Pests | Vine weevil, rhododendron leafhopper, pieris lacebug, scale insects, caterpillars and aphids may be a problem. Powdery mildews, rhododendron petal blight, rhododendron bud blast, silver leaf and honey fungus may occur. |
| Notable Specimens | Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. |
| Leaf Description | Broadly obovate leaves with buff indumentum beneath. |
| Flower Description | Trusses of bell-shaped flowers that appear in mid to late spring. |
| Colour Description | The leaves are dark green. The flowers are white or pink with blotches of red at the base. |
| Texture Description | The leaves have a glossy texture. |
