This evergreen has done quite well for me here for many years. Not a really fast grower, but steady. It has bloomed well, never the bud count stated, mid teens at best, but still pretty well in my garden. Supposed to be height of 24", it is at least that and I feel a bit more. A pretty flower, with an occasional splotchy flower. I have had seedlings from it, but nothing as good as the parent.