About
A low-growing, spreading, succulent perennial from central Asia with paired, grey-green, leathery leaflets and small, yellow to white, four-petalled flowers in summer, followed by distinctive winged seed capsules. A curiosity for a dry, sunny, sharply drained rock garden or gravel 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
Plant details
Suggested usesWoodland gardens, specialist collections
Care notes
CultivationAcidic, moist, humus-rich soil in sheltered dappled shade
PruningAllow natural form. Deadhead if practical
PropagationSeed for species integrity. Cuttings also possible
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free
Disease resistanceRoot rot in poor drainage. Protect tender species from frost