Rhododendron yakushimanum

Common name: yak

Family name: Ericaeae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Ken Janeck’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  5

Mature height and spread:  1-1.5m; 1-1.5m

Form: evergreen shrub, dense, mounded

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: moist but well-drained

Leaf arrangement: linear-oblanceolate to lanceolate, leathery, comfortable fur on the back

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): bell-shaped, light pink, cover the whole shrub

Limitations: tolerant heat and drought

Suitable uses:  north, east side of the building

Quick ID description:  comfortable fur; bell-shaped pink flower

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Source: http://asperupgaard.dk/garden/plantegrupper/rhododendron/rhododendron_yakushimanum/