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Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Rhododendron smirnovii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Rhododendron smirnovii, Trautv. Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft.: young branchlets whitish or grayish woolly: lvs. elliptic-oblong, acutish, narrowed at the base into a short petiole, revolute at the margin, dark green with yellow midrib above, densely felted grayish white or pale brown beneath, 3-5 in. long: fls. many, in a compact head; calyx small, tomentose; corolla campanulate-funnelform, rosy red, 3 in. across; lobes oval, longer than tube, with crisped darker rose-colored margin, upper lip spotted brownish; stamens 10, curved; ovary tomentose. May. Caucasus. B.M. 7495. R.H. 1899: 500. G.C. III. 20:15; 49:417. Gt. 35:1226. G.W. 16, p. 147. M.D.G. 1909:356. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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