Rhododendron 'Jock'
Common name: 
Jock Rhododendron
Pronunciation: 
rho-do-DEN-dron
Family: 
Ericaceae
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Broadleaf evergreen, 3 ft (0.9 m) tall, dense, spreading habit, can be straggly in shade.   Leaves elliptic, dark green.  Flower openly funnel-shaped, about 7 cm across, rosy pink with a suggestion of orange in the throa; in loose cluteres of 3-4 flowers.
  • -5 °F, early-mid, 2-3/3-4/4 [flower / plant & foliage / performance; scale 1 (poor) - 5 (best)].   Best in full sun.
  • Oregon State Univ. campus: south side of East Greenhouse
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