Deeproot Plant Base Online - Rhododendron 'Cornsutch'

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botanical name:
Rhododendron 'Cornsutch'

family: Ericaceae

characteristics: shrub, evergreen
height: 4.00m width: 4.00m
growth rate: medium
growth habit: bushy
leaf colour: dark green
flower colour: pink
main period of interest: Winter

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:
Large bushy evergreen with large, leathery dark green leaves. Clusters of very showy flowers of deep pink with a darker spots inside, produced very early in the season, being in full flower from mid January.

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

other notes:
Hybrid of R. 'Cornubia' x R. sutchuenense.