Rhododendron dahuricum

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Rhododendron dahuricum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Rhododendron dahuricum, Linn. (Azalea dahurica, Koch). Shrub, to 10 ft.: lvs. deciduous or sometimes partly persistent, very short-petioled, oval to oval-oblong, obtuse at both ends, revolute at the margin, ferrugineous-lepidote beneath, 3/4-1 1/3 in. long: fls. 1-3 at the end of the branchlets; corolla rotate-funnelform, rose-colored, 1 in. across; stamens about as long as lobes, style longer. March, April. Siberia, N. China, Kamchatka. B.M. 636. L.B.C. 7:605. G.C. II. 17:295; III. 12:701; 53:51. Gn. 77, p. 18. G.W. 7, p. 415. Var. sempervirens, Sims (var. atrovirens, Edw.). Lvs. dark green, almost persistent: fls. violet-purple. B.M. 1888. B.R. 194. L.B.C. 16:1584. Gt. 53, pp. 267, 268. R.H. 1908, p. 198. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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