Deeproot Plant Base Online - Rhododendron 'Cool Haven'

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botanical name:
Rhododendron 'Cool Haven'

family: Ericaceae

characteristics: shrub, evergreen, scented/aromatic
height: 3.00m width: 3.00m
growth rate: medium
growth habit: bushy
leaf colour: dark green
flower colour: yellow
main period of interest: Spring

poisonous or irritant

growing conditions: part shade, shade, moist soil, clay soil, sandy soil
prefered soil pH: acid
minimum temperature: -8°C
USDA zone: 8 to 9

description:
Compact, bushy evergreen with ovate, glossy dark green leaves, up to about 10cm long. Very attractive, well formed trusses of funnel-shaped, faintly fragrant, pale yellow flowers, slightly pink flushed on the outside and spotted crimson inside, in mid spring.

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

other notes:
Hybrid of Rh 'Chaste' x R. wardii 'Litiense', raised at Embley Park, Hampshire, in 1945.