Rhododendron griersonianum

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Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: China (Yunnan); Myanmar (north east)

IUCN Red list: Critically Endangered

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Forms an open, upright shrub to 3m. Branches and foliage are all densely hairy giving the general appearance of teh whole plant being hairy.
Foliage: Long thin leaves are a pale matt green, the underside being covered with a continuous indumentum of hairs.
Flowers: Brick red flowers appear in trusses of 5-12. Griersoniainum has a distinctive long, conical flower bud.

1: Alice Bed (T1/G2) • Accession: T1/2009-0230
2: Deciduous Bed 5 (T1/DB5) • Accession: T1/2011-0099/A
3: Dell 2 Centre (T1/D2) • Accession: T1/1995-0021/A • Provenance: Garden
4: Dell Bed 5 West (T1/D5) • Accession: T1/2017-0075 • Provenance: Garden
5: Food Forest (T1/B1) • Accession: T1/1980-0003 • Provenance: Garden
6: Hollard Centre 2 (T1/H2) • Accession: T1/2009-0111
7: Hollard Centre 2 (T1/H2) • Accession: T1/2016-0206 • Provenance: Garden
8: Hollard Centre 2 (T1/H2) • Accession: T1/2016-0207 • Provenance: Garden
9: Magnolia Bed (T1/C1a) • Accession: T1/2011-0066

Hollard Gardens

Bernie’s Plant Register

Taxon

Rhododendron griersonianum

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