| General Description | Best grown in acidic, organically rich, medium moisture retentive but well-drained soils in part shade. |
| Landscape | Used in shrub borders, mixed borders, woodland gardens and shade gardens. Also effective in foundation plantings or as a hedge and along woodland margins.
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| Pests | Pests include blights, canker, crown rot, leaf gall, root rot, leaf spot, rust and powdery mildew. Insect pests include aphids, borers, lace-bugs, caterpillars, leafhoppers, mealybugs, nematodes, scale, thrips and whitefly. |
| Notable Specimens | Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Leaf Description | Leaves about 12 cm long, pale brownish-red when emerging in the spring. |
| Flower Description | Flat to funnel shaped flower with frilled edges |