This shrub is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.

• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, humus-rich, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: May to June
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Delightfully fragrant and prolific in bloom, 'Josee' is an upright, semi-dwarf deciduous shrub. With attractive rounded leaves of velvety dark green and masses of tubular pink to lavender-pink flowers, held in panicles from May and June, this sweet-smelling spring star often reblooms from summer into autumn.
  
  
• Garden care: When planting incorporate some well-rotted compost or manure and some mycorrhizal fungi (Rootgrow) into the planting hole. In mid-summer remove the faded flower heads carefully using secateurs and avoid damaging the young shoots. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of organic matter or manure around the base of the plant in early spring.