"Every plant has a story . . . ."

R. elegantulum

R. elegantulum is indeed elegant.  Here's a plant that has it all - a wonderfully rounded, well-clothed habit on a smaller slow-growing plant, the leaves of which have a wonderful, dense, wooly, cinnamon-rusty-red indumentum (underside).  The new shoots are covered with a dense wool and the flowers are a soft pink, often with darker spots.

This is a rare plant that is only occasionally available, but is well worth an honored spot in your garden.

Elegantulum will take a fair amount of sun, but wants good drainage.  It may seem somewhat thin as a youngster, but it will mature into a prized specimen.  It's completely hardy for Western Washington.

Give it a small amount of fertilizer on Valentine's Day and Mother's Day.  Gentle watering -- well aerated soil.

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