Life Form:

Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub

Bloom Characteristics:

Five-petaled flowers are funnel-shaped and range in color from white to dark pink. Flower are 3.5" across (8.9 cm).

Foliage Characteristics:

Narrowly elliptic to elliptic leaves. Leaves are about 1.5" (3.8 cm) long.

Plant Size:

25" tall x 28" wide (63.5 x 71.1 cm)

Range:

cultivated

Description:

This dwarf to semi-dwarf azalea has flowers that can either bloom dark pink, white with pink speckles, or pale pink with a white border. Sometimes all the flowers are one color and change from year to year, and other times there is a mix of flower colors on the same bush. It was introduced in 1969.

Hardiness:

-10 - 30 F

Bloom Time:

May to June

Provenance:

Uncertain

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Common Name:

Azalea cultivar

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Asteranae

Order:

Ericales

Family:

Ericaceae

Genus:

Rhododendron

Accession Number:

2022-0699A

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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On Display:

Enid A. Haupt Garden

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7c93d3b16-15e7-4ab7-9a9a-d5d73c23292d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2022-0699A