Rhododendron kaempferi (Torch or Kaempfer Azalea)
Botanical Information
| Family | Ericaceae |
| Genus | Rhododendron |
| Species | kaempferi |
| Category | Woody |
| Type | Shrub (evergreen) |
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Details
| USDA Hardiness Zone | 5b-8 |
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| Height | 3 m |
Description and Growing Information
| Leaf Description | Like many evergreen azaleas it produces 2 kinds of leaves, spring leaves and summer leaves. It is the summer leaves that will survive the winter, with the spring leaves being deciduous. The spring leaves are narrowly lance-shaped 2-3 cm long with cil |
| Flower Description | There are 2 to 3 flowers in the inflorescence, which has a pedicel of dense brown strigose hairs as does the 3-5 mm long calyx. The red corolla is broadly funnel-shaped 2-3 cm long with the tube 1/2 the length of the corolla and glabrous (hairless) a |
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