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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
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2005 Great Plant Picks Award Winner
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Rhododendron

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Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2008-06-07
 1:43 pm. 24 years later, a stalwart, trouble free companion - th
Location: Meise botanical garden
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2008-06-08
 6:35 pm. Our Vulcan came in a one gallon pot from Safeway in 198
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2009-06-04
 7:17 pm. A wonderful contrast to the strong pink Rhodo next to i

Date: 2021-05-18
Location: Meise botanical garden
Location: Meise botanical garden
Date: 2022-05-17

Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 24 May 2015
A shaft of morning sunlight highlights a Vulcan flower truss on 2
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-10
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-10
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 27 May 2016
The second day of budbreak on 27 May 2016.
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2006-06-03

Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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