About

A compact, mat-forming, rhizomatous perennial from New Zealand with small, rounded, leathery, dark green leaves in dense mats on slender prostrate stems, and small, white flowers in spring, followed by small, red, edible berries. A choice, low-growing, moist ground-cover for a cool, shaded, woodland garden.

About the 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

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