About
A deciduous, suckering shrub or small tree to about 3m from China with large, broadly ovate, mid-green leaves, white flowers in rounded corymbs in spring, and attractive, waxy, yellow-orange to red, shiny berries in autumn. An ornamental Coriaria for a 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
Plant details
Suggested usesRock gardens, containers, small borders
Care notes
CultivationAcidic, moist, well-drained soil in dappled shade
PruningDeadhead spent trusses. Naturally compact
PropagationLayer branches or semi-ripe cuttings
Pest resistancePest-resistant and robust
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-free