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Rhododendron
'Queen of Hearts'
Queen of Hearts Rhododendron
Origin: Hybridized by Rothschild (1949). Parentage (Seed Parent x Pollen Parent): meddianum x Moser's Maroon
| Family |
| Ericaceae |
| Genus |
| Rhododendron |
| Cultivar |
| 'Queen of Hearts' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 6b |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 7 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H6 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -21 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| - 5 |
| Height |
| 2 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Dark red buds open to black-red flowers forming a well rounded truss. The large leaves are bright green with a prominent yellow midrib. |
| Landscape |
| Best suited to larger gardens with mixed larger trees to provide the dappled shade it prefers. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in moist but well-drained, leafy, humus-rich acid soil in a sheltered position in part shade. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Pests |
| Vine weevil, rhododendron leafhopper, pieris lacebug, scale insects, caterpillars, aphids, powdery mildews, rhododendron petal blight, rhododendron bud blast, silver leaf and honey fungus |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Dark red buds. |
| Leaf Description |
| Elliptic-lanceolate, 15 cm long, medium green above, brown indumentum below. Compact, upright habit. |
| Flower Description |
| Campanulate, 10 cm across, dark crimson with black spots on the upper lobes. Dome-shaped trusses of 16 flowers. |
| 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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