Rhododendron

Rhododendron smirnowii Ericaceae

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Caucasus

Location

Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection

Source of plant

Roslyn Nursery, Eastern Plant Specialists

Description

Plants 6' to 8' tall and as wide in 15 years. Foliage dark green above with thick woolly tomentum beneath.Flowers rose or rose-pink, the corolla frilled, 1 1/2" long, 2" across, borne in May, held in trusses 5" to 6"wide. Good hardiness.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

foliage characteristics, winter interest