Rhododendron orbiculare subsp. orbiculare
Common name:
Obiculare Rhododendron
Pronunciation:
ro-do-DEN-dron or-bik-ew-LAH-ree subspecies or-bik-ew-LAH-ree
Family:
Ericaceae
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf evergreen shrub, 3 ft (0.9 m) tall in 10 years, finally 6-10 ft (1.8-3 m), young shoots stout, purplish, gladular. Leaves almost orbicular (circular or disk shaped), but usually longer than wide, 5-10 cm long, deeply lobed at base, rounded at the apex, dark green above, glaucous below. Flowers widely bell-shaped, 5-6.5 cm across, 7-lobed, rose to rose-pink, about 14 stamens, shorter than corolla.
- -5°F, earlymid-mid, 3/4/3. [flower / plant & foliage / performance; scale 1 (poor) - 5 (best)] Native to western Szechwan, China.
- Shows the typical leaf rolling characteristic in response to cold temperature.
- Cecil and Molly Smith Garden, St. Paul, Oregon.
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