Deeproot Plant Base Online - Rhododendron 'Cornish Cross'

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botanical name:
Rhododendron 'Cornish Cross'

family: Ericaceae

characteristics: shrub, evergreen
height: 5.00m width: 5.00m
growth rate: medium
growth habit: broad headed
leaf colour: dark green
flower colour: pink
stem/bark colour: brown
main period of interest: Spring

poisonous or irritant

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

description:
Large, evergreen shrub or small tree of open habit, producing lax trusses of bell-shaped, waxy, rose-pink flowers with darker shading on the outside, in early to mid spring. Grey-brown flaking bark.

cultivation:
Moist, well drained humus rich acid soil

other notes:
Hybrid of Rh. griffithianum x Rh. thomsonii, raised at Penjerrick, Cornwall.