Scientific name: Rhododendron ‘Vulcan’

Common name: red rhododendron

Family name: Ericaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 6

Mature height and spread: 0.7-1.3m tall, 2-3m wide

Form: vase, dense

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: acidic

Leaf arrangement: simple, alternate

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: showy, red, tubular flowers. Insignificant fruit.

Limitations: nothing specific. But kind of dirty looking flower parts after bloom

Suitable uses: late flowering

Quick ID: evergreen. Shrub. Simple. Alternate. Leathery. Entire margins. Smaller leaves than unique. Longer, more lanceolate leaves and back of leaves similar to unique but more brown. Lots of flower buds at tips. Not fuzzy.

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