Description:
Erect shrub 20-120 cm tall. Flowers whit, pink or red. A polymorphic species, the plants varying in the colour and size of the flowers and in the shape and size of the leaves. Maybe 4 forms or races exist.

Flowering:
Flowers April to August.

Threats:
Seems to need certain mycelium (fungi) in the soil to support it and therefore will be killed by high phosphate levels.

Management:
Difficult to grow from seed. Can be grown from cuttings.