Rhododendron laetum
Ericaceae
Don Mahoney, San Francisco
Rhododendron laetum
Ericaceae
Don Mahoney, Strybing Nursery
The plant shown is from a seed-grown plant which was grown by Pete Sullivan at Strybing Nursery in the 1960’s. This was one of the first vireyas introduced for horticulture and is often used in hybridizing. It has wonderfully colored salmon-yellow flowers with darker orange edges. This species can become a 4’ by 4’ shrub and bloom heavily several times a year. Like a lot of vireyas, this one likes to get tall and leggy at first and then branch and fill in as it ages. For culture, see earlier entry.
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