Variation
var.robusta
This spreading tree grows to 12m (40ft) tall with mid green oblong leaves to 200mm (8in) long and produces large rose-purple flowers up to 300mm (12in) wide with 12-16 tepals.

Cultivar
var. robusta     'Caerhays Belle '
This medium size tree produces very large salmon-pink flowers that appear before the foliage in spring.

var. robusta      'Blood Moon'
This tree grows to 12m (40ft) tall and produces deep rose purple flowers.