Plum-Leaved Azalea
Rhododendron prunifolium 'Dave's Best'
Ericaceae
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Location
Cornell Class of 1938 Native Maple Slope
Source of plant
Peter Podaras
Description
A cutting grown form of prunifolium. A more robust grower than other clones; seems well adapted to hot New Jersey summers. Deciduous, glabrous shrub, reaching 10' in height; leaves elliptic to oblong or obovate, to 5" long, ciliate, pale beneath; flowers appearing after the leaves, corolla apricot to orange-red, funnelform, 1 /2" across, stamens much exerted, ovary not glandular, style glabrous, longer than stamens; summer-blooming.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
hardiness