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Rhododendron periclymenoides × R. prinophyllum
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Common name:
pinxterbloom azalea/roseshell azalea hybrid
Family:
Ericaceae (heath family)
Distribution:
hybrid: Rhododendron periclymenoides × R. prinophyllum
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments:
A medium sized hybrid deciduous azalea, naturally occurring in Ohio. It has bright green leaves in summer changing to bronze-red in the fall. In May it produces lightly fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers in clusters. They are typically pale pink with a reddish tube. The male floral parts (stamens) extend three times longer than the tube. It is stoloniferous (having stems at the ground which root at their tips) in its native habitat of moist-to-dry open woods and is very hardy. Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil.
Locations
1:
AZA: BB15
(BB15)
• Accession: D1989-0723.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
2:
AZA: BB15
(BB15)
• Accession: D1989-0723.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
3:
AZA: BB15
(BB15)
• Accession: D1989-0723.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
4:
AZA: BB15
(BB15)
• Accession: D1989-0723.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
5:
AZA: BD14
(BD14)
• Accession: D1989-0724.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
6:
AZA: BD14
(BD14)
• Accession: D1989-0724.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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