Rhododendron 'Hallelujha'
Common name:
Hallelujah Rhododendron
Pronunciation:
rho-do-DEN-dron
Family:
Ericaceae
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf evergreen shrub, upright growing, 4 ft (1.2 m) in 10 years. Leaves narrowly obovate, apiculate apex, rounded base, 12 cm long, twisted downward, dark green, retained 3 years. Flower widely funnel-campanulate, 10 cm across, vivid purplish-red (some say hard-pink), held in ball-shaped clusters of 10 flowers.
- -15° F, mid, quality rating 4-5/5/4-53 [flower / plant & foliage / performance; scale 1 (poor) - 5 (best)].
- Developed by Harold Greer, Eugene, Oregon,
- Oregon State Univ. campus: northeast corner Kerr Administration, planted 2010.
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plant habit, young plant flowering
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flower buds
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flower cluster
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flower and shoot bud
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leaf
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faded flower cluster
