Rhododendron minus

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Rhododendron minus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Rhododendron minus, Michx. (R. punctatum, Andr. R. Cuthbertii, Small). Straggling shrub, to 10 ft.: lvs. elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acute at both ends, sometimes acuminate, glabrous above, glandular-lepidote beneath, 1 1/2-4 in. long: heads about 6-8-fld.; calyx short; corolla funnelform-campanulate, about 1 in. across, rosy pink, the upper lobe spotted greenish, lepidote outside; tube nearly cylindric, longer than the ovate crisped lobes. June, July. N. C. to Ga. and Ala. B.M. 2285.—Fls. appear with or after the new lvs. Var. Harbisonii, Rehd. Fls. larger, 1 1/2 in. across, in dense, about 10-fld. heads. Ga. Handsomer than the type. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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