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Rhododendron 'Gustav Mehlquist'
Common name:
Gustav Mehlquist rhododendron
Family:
Ericaceae (heath family)
Distribution:
hybrid: Mehlquist hybrid
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Evergreen shrub
Comments:
This is a fine evergreen hybrid with flowers that are openly funnel-shaped, dark pink in bud. They open pink and fade to clear white in ball-shaped trusses of 15. The plant is compact growing to 3'.
Links:
American Rhododendron Society Plant Search Database
Locations
1:
PKW: AS07
(AS07)
• Accession: D2003-0435.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual