Deeproot Plant Base Online - Rhododendron 'Cilpinense'

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botanical name:
Rhododendron 'Cilpinense'

family: Ericaceae

characteristics: shrub, evergreen
height: 1.10m width: 1.10m
growth rate:
growth habit: bushy
leaf colour: green
flower colour: pink
main period of interest: March

poisonous or irritant

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

description:
Compact, rounded, evergreen shrub with small, bristle-margined, green leaves and freely produced, loose trusses of pale pink flowers opening from darker buds in March.

cultivation:
Flowers are susceptible to damage from early frosts.

other notes:
Bodnant hybrid of R. ciliatum x R. moupinense.