It flowers profusely during the summer months and produces a multitude of pink, sweet-scented, globular flowerheads about 10 cm across.

Deciduous, bushy, with neat shape, its height and span only reaches 2-3m (in the UK).

[2] In spring,[2] or in the summer,[1] it bears scented star-shaped rose-lilac,[1] or pink coloured flowers,[2] in flattened clusters that are 8 cm wide across.

[3] Used as an ornamental in gardens,[1] can be grown as a small tree or multi-stemmed shrub.

[2] It prefers siting in the garden in full sun and in fertile and well drained soils.