Rosebay

Other names

Great Laurel, Rosebay Rhododendron

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Nova Scotia and Ont., South to GA, AL and OH

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Cornell Class of 1938 Native Maple Slope, Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection, Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection, Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Peter Podaras, Plant Collections Consortium, KY , T.J. Lane, Edgewood Nursery

Description

Loose and open habit; plants reach 4' to 15' in height in the North, but can attain 30'. Leaves are large, 4" to 8" long, and dark green; evergreen. Flowers are rose, purplish-pink to white, spotted with olive-green to orange, 1" to 2" across, borne in June.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

winter interest, flowering season, hardiness

Status

L1|S4|G5