Dwarf, compact evergreen hybrid of upright habit, about 1-1.2m tall, with pale green leaves, to 2.5cm long, bronze-red in winter. Masses of funnel-shaped, phlox-pink flowers 3cm across, with darker wavy margins, are produced in mid-spring
1-1.5 metres
0.5-1 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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Grow in moist but well-drained, leafy, humus-rich acid soil in part shade with shelter; see rhododendron cultivation
Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings in late summer, layering in autumn or grafting in late summer or late winter
May be susceptible to vine weevil, rhododendron leafhopper, pieris lacebug, scale insects, caterpillars and aphids
May be susceptible to various Rhododendron diseases including powdery mildews, rhododendron petal blight, rhododendron bud blast, silver leaf and honey fungus