General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
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 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 8-9 feet (3 m)
Plant Spread: 3-5 feet (1-1.5 m)
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Broadleaf
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: cream with red stripes
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Flowering Tree
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Furin-Tsutsuji
  • Redvein Enkianthus

Photo Gallery
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2011-10-28
Location: Clement Gray Bowers Rhododendron Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 06/02/2003
photo by Cornell Plantations via Cornell University Library's eCo
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: May 21, 2022
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2014-06-04
 7:11 pm.
Location: Chanticleer, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Date: 2017-05-21
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2012-10-15
 5:13 pm. An added bonus to have such a variety of colours in fal
Location: Chanticleer, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Date: 2017-05-21
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2014-06-04
 7:11 pm.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2016-05-03
 7:52 pm. Elegant architectural structure to stems and blossoms.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2014-09-22
 5:43 pm. An unusual angle for the cascade of seed pods.
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-05-20
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2016-07-23
 6:02 pm. The seeds are decorative at any stage.
Location: My own garden
Date: 2016-06-24
Location: Chanticleer, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Date: 2017-05-21
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-10-24
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-05-19

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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oh how pretty! by angele Nov 6, 2013 7:31 AM 6

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