Rhododendron racemosum

Rhododendron racemosum

Rhododendron racemosum A dense, compact low or erect straggly, evergreen shrub, height to a few metres. Sensitive to frost. Young shoots slightly scaly, reddish. Petiole with scattered scales, puberulent in the mid-groove, to 4 mm. Leaf blade widely obovate, broad...
Rhododendron rex ssp. fictolacteum

Rhododendron rex ssp. fictolacteum

Rhododendron rex ssp. fictolacteum Description with 26 photos. Photo: Finn Bertelsen.FB22-2018A tall, upright shrub or small tree, 4-5 m high, evergreen. Young shoots (and buds) light brown/grey white tomentose, eglandular, 10-11 mm in diameter. Terminal buds with...
Rhododendron rex ssp. rex

Rhododendron rex ssp. rex

Rhododendron rex ssp. rex One of the very few, big-leafed species being fairly hardy in our garden – in shelter and shadow. The indumentum seems to be composed of three layers. An inner light-colored, thin, felty layer into which a layer of brownish...
Rhododendron rigidum aff.

Rhododendron rigidum aff.

Rhododendron rigidum aff. An evergreen, rigid and upright shrub – as expressed by the name. Fully hardy. Young shoots reddish, slightly scaly, with terminal and (subterminal) flower buds. Petiole crimson, scaly, 4-8 mm. Leaf blade elliptic, coriaceous, slightly...
Rhododendron rubiginosum ‘Cangshan’

Rhododendron rubiginosum ‘Cangshan’

Rhododendron rubiginosum 'Cangshan' Description with 24 photos. Photo: Finn Bertelsen. Upright growing, evergreen shrub. Hardy. Young shoots crimson, scaly. Petiole reddish, scaly, to 12 mm. Leaf blade elliptical, rarely oblong elliptical, non-aromatic, to 85 x 30 mm....