Rhododendron xcilpinense
Ericaceae
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Habitat:
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sun part-shade
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Flowering:
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early spring
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Size:
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100
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100
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Soil:
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moist, humus rich soil
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Rhododendron x cilpinense
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Price
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£10.00
(2 litre pot)
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Order code:
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R6H-2
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In the wild species of dwarf Rhododendron cover huge areas of moorland and mountainside in western China and the Himalaya. In the garden we make do with a few plants, but their range of colour (mainly pinks and purples, but including white, yellow and red) and their reliable flower power make them invaluable for sites that are not too dry or (with some exceptions) too alkaline.
Rhododendron xcilpinense is one of the earliest to flower in the spring, with blush pink flowers contrasting with the shiny foliage, lined with short hairs. It is hardy (much more so than one of its parents), but, as with all early-flowering rhododendrons, and magnolias, a frosty night can turn the flowers to brown mush. Just wait for another year! - it rarely happens two years in a row, and hardly at all these days.
Other related plants:
Waxy, plum-coloured, bell-shaped flowers.
Prostrate dwarf rhododendron with crimson flowers.
Large, pale yellow flowers.
Dwarf rhododendron with distinctive small white flowers.
Dwarf form with dark green leaves and pink, almost white flowers.
Larger member of Lapponica sub-section with trusses of pale purple flowers.
Neat, dwarf species with blue-green leaves and purple flowers.
Very compact shrub with trusses of purplish crimson flowers.
Compact, erect low shrub, with funnel-shaped white unmarked flowers.
A dwarf form with large primrose yellow flowers.
Compact, blue-grey foliage and pale violet flowers.
Dark green leaves and very bright, deep pink, wide open flowers.
Trusses of deep, cardinal-red funnel-shaped flowers.
Neat shrub with clusters of pink or white primula-like flowers.
Pale yellow flowers and small, shiny, dark green leaves; compact habit.