Size
Ultimate height
0.5–1 metresTime to ultimate height
5–10 yearsUltimate spread
0.5–1 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Moist but well–drainedpH
AcidColour & scent
| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
| Spring | White | Green | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Green | |||
| Autumn | Green | |||
| Winter | Green |
Position
- Full shade
- Full sun
- Partial shade
Aspect
East–facing or North–facing or South–facing or West–facing
Exposure
Sheltered Hardiness
H5Botanical details
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Habit
- Bushy, Pendulous weeping, Spreading branched
- Potentially harmful
- Harmful if eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling. Pets (dogs, cats, rabbits, tortoises) Harmful if eaten - for further information and contact numbers regarding pets, see the HTA guide to potentially harmful plants
- Genus
Rhododendron can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs or trees, with simple leaves, sometimes with a dense colourful indumentum of hairs on the lower side, and funnel-shaped, bell-shaped or tubular flowers that may be solitary or in short racemes
- Name status
Accepted
- Horticultural Group
- Evergreen azaleas are compact evergreen shrubs with small leaves and terminal racemes of small, funnel-shaped, usually unscented flowers in early summer
How to grow
Cultivation
Will grow well in fertile moist but well-drained ericaceous compost, preferably in dappled shade, planting high with the top of the rootball in view. Grows well in containers and spilling over walls.
Propagation
Propagate by cuttings.
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- City and courtyard gardens
- Patio and container plants
- Low Maintenance
- Wall side borders
- Hedging and screens
Pruning
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, borers, lacebugs, whitefly, caterpillars
Diseases
May be susceptible to blights, canker, crown rot, leaf gall, leaf spot, root rot and honey fungus
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