If I remember right, I bought this plant at the Flower & Garden Show here in Seattle one year in February. It was a small plant in a small pot, but it wasn’t long before it started putting on a BIG show. The plant had pretty light pink flowers and it had a lot of them, covering itself in spring.

Sadly, one spring, the R. baurii pot never leafed out. Closer inspection of the pot gave me no clues–there was simply nothing left! It could have rotted away in the cold wet greenhouse or possibly slugs got to it. I really miss it! This might be a plant that I add back to the shelves in 2021.