Scientific name: Rhododendron kiusianum hybrids

Common name: Japonese evergreen azalea

Family name: Ericaceae

Useful cultivars and selections: hino white, hino crimson

USDA hardiness zone: 7

Mature height and spread: 2-3m wide, 0.5m tall

Form: spreading, dense branching

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: acidic

Leaf arrangement: alternate. Simple.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: insignificant fruit. Funnel shaped flowers (pinkish) and showy.

Limitations: none

Suitable uses: nice, low rhododendron. Loads of great funnel, shaped flowers.

Quick ID: evergreen. Shrub. Simple. Alternate. Smaller leaves than typical. Leaves and shoots covered in brown hairs (stems and leaves). Leaves grouped at tips