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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture

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Common names
  • Catawba Rhododendron
  • Iron Clad Rhododendron
  • Rhododendron

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Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2019-05-30
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-05-08
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-05-10

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Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-05-08
Location: Sharps Chapel, Tennessee
Date: 2017-11-08
Rhododendron Boursault leaves
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-05-10
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-05-10
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-05-10
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-05-10
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-05-06
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-05-06
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 2016-05-23
After several difficult years, Cat B produces a nice large flower

Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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