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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Plant Height: 4 feet in 10 years
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Other: creamy white faintly flushed pink, spotted crimson
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture
Parentage: campylocarpum x unknown

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Common names
  • Rhododendron

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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: My garden
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-04-08
Location: Standing in my front yard parking spot looking towards my home. 
Date: 2008-04-22
2008 was not as heavy a bloom year for Unique as some other years
Location: Outside my master bedroom window in Tacoma, Washington USA
Date: 2010-04-13
Two of four more Rhododendron Unique pictures from my yard in 201
Location: Outside my master bedroom window in Tacoma, Washington USA
Date: 2010-04-17
Thee of four more Rhododendron Unique pictures from my yard in 20
Location: Outside my master bedroom window in Tacoma, Washington USA
Date: 2007-04-22
This is what a bumper crop bloom year looks like on Unique.
Location: Outside my master bedroom window in Tacoma, Washington USA
Date: 2010-04-11
I highly recommend this one for any rhododendron friendly garden.
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-04-21
Location: My garden
Location: Outside my master bedroom window in Tacoma, Washington USA
Date: 2010-04-13
One of four more Rhododendron Unique pictures from my yard in 201
Location: Outside my master bedroom window
Date: 2007-04-22
Rhododendron Unique is an early April bloomer. The buds opening a
Location: Outside my master bedroom window in Tacoma, Washington USA
Date: 2003-4-26
I was very happy with this photo, taken with an el cheapo digital

Date: 2012-04-28
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-05-04
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2023-04-22
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-04-21
Location: My garden
Location: Kalama, wa
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-04-08
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2016-06-15

Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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Date: 2012-04-28
Comments:
  • Posted by Barron_Beaux_Arts (South Puget Sound, Washington - Zone 8b) on Apr 12, 2023 9:16 PM concerning plant:
    Back in the olden days, a cultivator told me that this one was considered to be 'yellow'. The flower's color has not changed, but now that there are so many fantastic yellow rhododendrons, the color was changed to the more accurate 'cream' description.

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