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Dwarf prostrate and creeping evergreen shrublets rarely more than 6 inches high. The exquisite bell-shaped flowers (mid-spring) are crimson to scarlet and quite large in scale with the attractive foliage. A beautiful alpine species with heavily-veined, rounded to ovate foliage. Requires excellent drainage and a cool but open position such as a north-facing slope. Found in dense alpine thickets and on boulders and cliffs from 10,000 to 15,000 ft. in NE Burma, E Arunachal Pradesh and SW China (NW Yunnan and SE Tibet).

 

Description of Rhododendron forrestii ssp forrestii

 

Predominate Flower Color: Red

 

Flower / Truss Description: Tubular campanulate, scarlet to crimson, fleshy.

 

Fragrant: No

 

Bloom Time: Early Midseason

 

Height (ft.) in 10 Yrs: 1

 

Cold Hardiness Temperature: 0°F (-18°C)

 

Foliage Description / Plant Habit: Leaves obovate to orbicular, up to 2" long, lower surface sometimes purple.

 

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L): E

 

Plant Habit: Creeping to mounding dwarf shrub

 

Sub Genus: Hymenanthes

 

Section: Ponticum

 

Sub Section: Neriiflora

 

Geographical Origin: China (SE Tibet, Yunnan), N Burma, India (Arunachal Pradesh)

 

 

Plant description provided by The American Rhododendron Society

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