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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Dexter Rhododendron
  • Rhododendron

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Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Clement Gray Bowers Rhododendron Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 05/20/2003
photo by Cornell Plantations via Cornell University Library's eCo
Location: Back yard garden
Date: 2005-05-26
😍This late spring beauty is now 30 to 40 years old, and reache
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023
Location: My garden, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: 2016-05-07
Location: My garden, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: 2016-05-07
'Scintillation' in front; 'Fantastica'in back
Location: KALAMA WA
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Uploaded by Mikey
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2017-06-08

Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-05-03
Location: Kalama, wa
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Location: Wister Rhododendron Collection at Tyler Arboretum
photo by Derek Ramsey.
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2013-04-25
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2014-04-19
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2014-04-19
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2017-06-04

Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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