Rhododendrons

Rhododendron ciliatum
at Deer Dell, Surrey
Photo: John McQuire
Maddenia subsection
H3/4
AM 1953 Minterne
Height: shrub 1 - 2m.
10 year height/spread: 0.8m/1.5m
Flowers: white or flushed pink.
Occasionally slightly fragrant.
March/May.
Introduced: 1850 Hooker from Sikkim
Distribution: Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan,
S & SE Tibet, 2400 - 4000m.
Recognise by: branchlets, petioles,
leaves and pedicels hairy. Smooth red
flaking bark.
Epithet: 'fringed'
Choose a compact wide spreading
form. A long flowering season, though
early flowers can get frosted more will
survive. A good early flowering small
species.