A slow-growing, evergreen shrub with very narrow dark green leaves felted with fawn or rust-coloured indumentum on the undersides. It can be shy to bloom initially, but the bell-shaped flowers are creamy-white, with small, dark pink spots inside and often a pink flush. They are produced in compact trusses of 10 to 15 in mid to late spring
1-1.5 metres
1-1.5 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 winter or late summer
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