Cultivar
'Newellii'
This vigorous shrub grows to 3m (10ft) tall and wide with arching branches forming a rounded habit. It has dark green ovate leaves to 100mm (4in) long and the plant produces crimson tube-shaped flowers that are arranged in terminal compound panicles up to 120mm (5in) wide. The flowering period is from summer to autumn and is followed by purple-red berries.