Flower Notes:
Pink;white (Light pink buds; flowers are white; late April to May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Relatively small (to 3" long) glossy evergreen leaves)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Widely adaptable to different soils, but prefers moist, cool, acidic, well drained, organic soil; avoid harsh, dry, windswept sites
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Evergreen leaves are 2-3" long and only 0.-1.5" wide, ferrugineous (i.e. resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red or yellowish red) scaly beneath. Leaves aromatic when bruised. Deep red to purplish red stems.