Origins Japan & S.E. Asia
Type Perennial (deciduous)
Hardiness Zones 4 - 8
Height 20 - 30ft (6 - 10 m)
Bloom November - March
Fruit
May follow after flowering. Not edible to humans, - but it may attract a variety of birds.
Cultivation
Tolerant plant; sun or semi-shade, rich well-drained soils, it will also grow in clay soils.
Propagation
By cuttings (take green ones in early Summer, and semi-ripe in late Summer), by grafting in Spring.
Other
Most attractive, abundant pink and white, fragrant blooms!
Try interplanting with ground covering blooms, such as bluebells, snowdrops, and evergreen creepers, for spectacular Winter garden extravaganzas!
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