It's very eye-catching.

I agree that the foliage alone is worth the growing, but I had this one for years and that's mostly what I saw - beautiful leaves. It was a real stingy bloomer for me, taking forever between cycles. That surprised me, it being an Optimara. I don't grow it any more; do you find there to be long periods between the bloom times, Polina?

I could live with plain pink blossoms for foliage like that! Gorgeous plant.

Very nice variegation! I can put up with stingy bloomers -- if the foliage is attractive/interesting.