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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 2 - 4 feet
Plant Spread: 2 - 4 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Ruffled, salmon-pink with yellow throat, dark speckling on dorsal lobe.
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture
Parentage: Fred Wynniatt x August

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Common names
  • Rhododendron

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