Rhododendron 'Vulcan'
Common name:
Vulcan Rhododendron
Pronunciation:
rho-do-DEN-dron
Family:
Ericaceae
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf evergreen, 5 ft (1.5 m) high, compact mounding habit, dark green pointed leaves. Flowers bright red, funnel shaped, wavy margined, 6 cm across, borne in dome-shaped clusters. Apparently several forms but very similar.
- - 10°F, mid-late, 4/4/4 [flower / plant & foliage / performance; scale 1 (poor) - 5 (best)]. Sun to part shade.
- Oregon State Univ. campus: front of Milam Hall
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