Rhododendron 'tephropeplum'

 
Photo: Kenneth Cox

Predominant Flower Color: 

 Pink 

Flower / Truss Description: 

 Campanulate to tubular-campanulate, purple to reddish-rose, pale pink, rarely white. Inflorescence 3-9 flowered. 

Bloom Time: 

 Early Midseason 

Foliage Description / Plant Habit: 

 Leaves narrowly oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 1½" to 5" long. 

Plant Habit: 

 Bushy to upright or sprawling shrub 

Height in 10 Yrs: 

 2 ft 

Cold Hardiness Temperature: 

 5°F  (-15°C)

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L): 

 L 

Sub Genus: 

 Rhododendron 

Section: 

 Rhododendron 

Sub Section: 

 Tephropepla 

Geographical Origin: 

 NE Burma, India (Arunachal Pradesh), China (SE Tibet, NW Yunnan) 

Note: Bloom time and 10 year height information are approximate and can vary dependent on weather and growing conditions.
Cold hardiness temperature is also an approximate value.

 

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