Rhododendron longipes var. chienianum
Item: SLONGCH
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Flowering Month:
April
April

Flower Colour:
Light Pink
Light Pink

Height After 10 Years:
100-125cm
100-125cm

Scent:
Not Scented
Not Scented

Interesting Foliage:
No
No

Hardiness:
To -15 °C
To -15 °C
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(H5) A rare plant with showy and floriferous pale pink to rose and purple flowers, sometimes spotted. Flowering in April-May this is a lovely plant whose lower leaf surface has thin pale brown indumentum, slightly thicker than longipes on this variety. Likely height 100cm in 10 years.
Named after Professor S.S. Chien from Nanking, China.
- Recommended for showy pretty flowers.
- Plantsman range.
- Ideal position: dappled shade.
- Habit: upright.
- Group: Species Rhododendron.
- Subsection: Argyrophylla.
- Introduction date: pre 2000 (1995)
- Species distribution: Sichuan.
- Approximate altitude: 1,700 to 2,100m.
- Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
- RHS Hardiness Rating: H5.
- How we usually propagate this plant: Cuttings.