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Rhododendron
'Hino crimson'
Hino crimson Rhododendron
| Family |
| Ericaceae |
| Genus |
| Rhododendron |
| Cultivar |
| 'Hino crimson' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (evergreen), Shrub (evergreen) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5 - 9 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 6 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 - H3 |
| Height |
| 0.5 - 1 m |
| Spread |
| 0.5 - 1 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| A compact, spreading evergreen with small, mid-green leaves and funnel-shaped, bright crimson flowers, 3 cm in width, borne in mid to late spring |
| Landscape |
| Use as a border, container, hedge, rock garden, woodland garden, mass planting, grouping, and specimen plant. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in moist but well-drained, leafy, humus-rich, acid soil in a sheltered position in part-shade. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Pests |
| Mat be prone to vine weevil, rhododendron leafhopper, pieris lacebug, scale insects, caterpillars, aphids, powdery mildews, rhododendron petal blight, rhododendron bud blast, silver leaf and honey fungus. |
| Leaf Description |
| Simple leaves, sometimes with a dense colourful indumentum of hairs on the lower side. |
| Flower Description |
| Funnel-shaped, bell-shaped or tubular flowers that may be solitary or in short racemes. |
| Notable Specimens |
| National Trust Trelissick Garden, Feock, near Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Propagation |
| Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings in late summer, layering in autumn or grafting in late summer or late winter. |
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