Description
Rhododendron neriiflorum ssp. phaedropum (syn tawangense) GR#0814 This form of this very widespread and variable species has very long and narrow leaves, coated beneath with a white indumentum. The bell-shaped flowers are deep to scarlet red. An all-around lovely species. Grown from seed collected in the wild in the eastern Himalaya. Smooth and peeling pale brown bark. (+\5R1\4) RSBG#161sd2008