Parents of this hybrid are native to China. Spreading, dense, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub with arching branches. Leaves tend to be flat and a little longer than wide.
Young stems are pubescent, reddish brown, and slender, older stems exfoliating and split.
Flowers on new growth and has greatest number of flowers summer through fall but seems to flower intermittently all year. Can tolerate heat, aridity and drought once established. Full sun to half shade. Prefers moist, well-drained acid soils. Growth rate moderate to rapid.