Rhododendron macabeanum
Description:
Tubular to narrowly funneled bell-shaped yellow flowers usually blotched with purple. Each truss holds up to 30 flowers in a large sphere of yellow. The leaves are broadly ovate to elliptic and are up to 15 inches long with a whitish to light tan indumentum. Grows to 5 feet in 10 years. From northeastern India.
Common Name: Rhododendron
Family: Ericaceae (The Heath Family)
Zone Hardiness: 8
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade
Height: 4-6'
Width: 3-5'
Primary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Evergreen
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: No
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: In mixed woodlands or forms pure stands from 8000 to 10000 ft.
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Indian Subcontinent
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