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Dwarf Varieties of Rhododendrons
Dwarf Varieties of Rhododendrons. Rhododendrons are a popular landscaping shrub with bright, showy flowers. There are many varieties of rhododendron, as the genus includes hundreds of species. Rhododendrons can be found all over the world and range from small shrubs to tree-like specimens. Home planting requires smaller varieties of these plants,...
Rhododendrons are a popular landscaping shrub with bright, showy flowers. There are many varieties of rhododendron, as the genus includes hundreds of species. Rhododendrons can be found all over the world and range from small shrubs to tree-like specimens. Home planting requires smaller varieties of these plants, which otherwise need frequent pruning. Several dwarf species of rhododendron do well as part of home landscaping.
Rhododendron Fastigiatum
According to Rhododendron and Azalea Pages, this dwarf species of rhododendron is hardy to USDA zone 6 and has shiny blue-gray leaves about ? inch in length. It produces bell-shaped pink to lavender flowers an inch across and grows to be about 3 feet in height and 12 to 24 inches in width.
Rhododendron Keiskei
This dwarf rhododendron species is also called the dwarf Kiesk rhododendron. It produces yellow flowers about 2 inches across, with olive leaves about 2 inches in length. As a spreading plant, this rhododendron is only about 2 ? feet in height but grows to be as much as 4 feet wide. It is hardy to zone 6 and provides a touch of color in winter, when its leaves turn red in the cold weather.
Rhododendron Racemosum
Also called the dwarf Mayflower rhododendron, this spreading plant can be up to 5 feet in width and has wiry stems with multiple branches. Only about 2 feet high, this plant produces small flowers about ? inch wide in pink or white. It has leaves 2 inches in length, with smooth tops and scaly gray undersides. Rhododendron racemosum is hardy to USDA zone 6.
Dora Amateis
This plant is a hybrid dwarf rhododendron hardy to zone 6 and growing to between 3 and 4 feet tall. It produces large, striking white flowers speckled with green, about 3 inches across. The leaves are dark green but can have a metallic sheen in full sun.
Moerheim
Another hybrid rhododendron variety, Moerheim is a dense, low shrub about 3 feet in height and nearly the same width. Flowers are about 1 inch across and violet to purple in color. The leaves are shiny, green and about 2 inches in length, but turn dark red or maroon in cold weather.
Purple Gem
This very small dwarf rhododendron grows in a dense mount about 1 ? to 2 feet in height, with fairly large purple flowers, at about 2 inches across. The leaves are bluish green, but turn rust-colored with age, providing a very striking appearance.
