Deeproot Plant Base Online - Rhododendron 'Chippewa'

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botanical name:
Rhododendron 'Chippewa'

common name: Azaelea
synonyms: Azalea 'Chippewa'
family: Ericaceae

characteristics: shrub, evergreen
height: 0.70m width: 1.20m
growth rate: medium
growth habit: bushy
leaf colour: green
flower colour: pink
stem/bark colour: brown
main period of interest: Summer

poisonous or irritant

growing conditions: full sun, part shade, moist soil, sandy soil
prefered soil pH: acid
minimum temperature: -15°C
USDA zone: 7 to 9

description:
Compact low spreading evergreen with small leaves and relatively large rose-pink flowers with darker markings in the throats. Late flowering, in early summer.

cultivation:
Moist, well drained humus rich acid soil in sun or part shade.