Rhododendron uniflorum var. imperator

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Rhododendron uniflorum var. imperator 

Rhododendron patulum 이

없다.

 

A long name for a short plant! R. uniflorum var. imperator is among the first to flower here, generally at the end of March into early April.

It is also one of the prettiest, with plentiful blooms that are large in relation to the size of the plant. It is compact, slow-growing, a true alpine. It’s mountain home is on steep banks, always above 3000 m altitude, in the Upper Irrawaddy river valley in Myanmar.

As so often with alpine plants, I am astonished that it is happy to exchange that distant, and very different homeland, for a mild, coastal garden in Wales.

Rhododendron Choices for Small Gardens - Alpine Garden Society