General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 6-8 feet
Plant Spread: 4 - 6 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Other: Red with darker red blotch.
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture

Image
Common names
  • Rhododendron

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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: in my garden in Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2021-05-12

Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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