Description
Rhododendron exasperatum APA#043 One of the most beautiful of all species in foliage, this barbatum/erosum relative has striking smooth and glossy leaves on short bristly petioles - very distinct. The new foliage can be bright blue-green to almost purple. Bright red flowers in early spring but a shy flowering species in cultivation. A much slower-growing and more compact species than its close relatives. These are grown from seed collected at a higher altitude than the old KW numbers that we have grown for years and are proving to be hardier in the garden. From seed collected wild in the eastern Himalaya. (+5?\R2\2) RSBG#381sd2005