I planted this in the ground as a young plant in 2001. It is evergreen and grows quickly in a fairly upright manner with some branches spreading out from the main trunk. The flowers are fragrant and attractive to insects. The leaves should have some darker green markings on them but my plant only had them on a branch coming from near the base, the rest of the leaves were pale yellowish green often fading with more sun.

The very harsh winter 2010/11 in the UK with 7 weeks continually below freezing and temperatures dipping to -17C the leaves were killed, and I suspected most of the thinner branches were also dead. I cut the top off to the main trunk at around 5 feet from the ground, the wood in the main trunk looked to be alive. It has since made a lot of new growth all the way up the trunk! I'm waiting to see how this grows next year as there are several new stems growing from each growth point.

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