Rhododendrons

Rhododendron rex ssp. rex
'Quartz' (from R03800)
Falconera subsection
H4
AM 1946 Bodnant to a clone 'Roseum'
1955 Windsor to a clone 'Quartz',
AGM 2012
Height: shrub 2.5 - 12m.
10 year height/spread: 3m/2.5m.
Flowers: white with a crimson basal blotch.
April/May.
Introduced: 1913 by Forrest from NE Yunnan.
Distribution: NE Yunnan, S Sichuan, 3000 - 4300m.
Recognise by: large shining dark leaves with fawn indumentum; large well filled trusses.
Epithet: king
All forms of this species develop into superb hardy 'big leaf' trees. Needs
wind shelter to protect the foliage from damage.