looks like an azelea or dwarf Rhododendron to me. but wait and see if you get any other suggestions.

Gorgeous little azalea or rhodo as SBG says. Lovely! :-)

Thank you so much for naming it for me. I did want to put up the photo on my garden,now i have the name I can go ahead with it.

The close up of the flower shows that it is a very attractive rhodo. I think that you would do the plant a great favour by putting it in a more attractive pot though, Johnjoe.

Thanks Bulbaholic, you are right, I would hate to disturb it at this time of year. I really am surprised that it is a Rhododendron as they are one of my favourite plants.

There are some very nice small azalia type rhododendrons in Japan.

They are lovely shrub, I wonder what they mean when they say not to prune.