Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii
Chapman's rhododendron
Ericaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
shrub
Size:
3-6 ft tall by 3-6 ft wide
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
pink
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Deciduous. Blooms in spring before the new leaves come out.
Noted For:
Showy Flowers
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Specimen plant. Screen plant. Can be grown in a mass under trees.
Considerations:
Light:
Part Sun, Shade
Moisture Tolerance:
Not wet but not extremely dry ---- to ---- Short very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Loam
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A,9B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Hummingbirds
Attracts insects. Apparently important to bumble bees.
Attracts pollinators, including hummingbirds.
Native Habitats:
Mesic flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods, seep slope. Ecotone between flatwoods and edges of titi swamps.
