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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Broadleaf
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Petals are very pale purple to almost white with wide wavy margins of dark purplish-red; bronze-yellow speckles on dorsal petal.
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture
Parentage: Midnight x One Thousand Butterflies

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Common names
  • Rhododendron

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Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-10-26
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-10-29
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2023-11-19
One of the last flowers on this plant for the season
Location: Western Washington

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
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