Predominant Flower Color:  Purple, Lavender

Flower/Truss Description:  Campanulate, pale to deep lilac-pink to purple, usually spotted greenish yellow. Truss holds 6-20 flowers.

Fragrant:  No

Bloom Time:  Late Midseason to Late

Foliage Description:  Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, up to 7½" long, glabrous.

Plant Habit:  Dense to leggy shrub

Height:  4 feet in 10 years.

Cold Hardiness Temp:  -5°F  ( -21°C)

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L):  E

Sub Genus:  Hymenanthes

Section:  Ponticum

Sub Section:  Pontica

Geographical Origin:  N Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Lebanon, Europe (Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria)

Glossary of plant description terminology.
Note: Bloom time and 10 year height information are approximate and can vary dependent on weather and growing conditions.
Cold hardiness temperature is also an approximate value.