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Rhododendron kaempferi
Torch or Kaempfer Azalea
| Family |
| Ericaceae |
| Genus |
| Rhododendron |
| Species |
| kaempferi |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5b-8 |
| Height |
| 3 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| 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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