Rhododendron minus var. minus

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Rhododendron minus var. minus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Rhododendron carolinianum, Rehd. (R. punctatum, Small, not Andr.). Shrub, to 6 ft., usually low and compact: lvs. oval to narrow-elliptic, acutish or shortly and abruptly acuminate, broadly cuneate at the base, glabrous above, ferrugineous-lepidote beneath, often very densely so, 2-3 in. long: fls. in dense 5-10-fld. heads, broadly funnelform-campanulate, about 1 1/2 in. across, pale rosy purple or rarely whitish, not or only slightly spotted; tube gradually widened, as long or shorter than the ovate lobes, glabrous or nearly so outside. May, June. N. C. B.R. 37. G. 31:619 (as R. punctatum).-On account of its compact habit and larger fls. superior as an ornamental plant to the preceding. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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