Rhododendron makinoi

• BOTANICAL NAME: Rhododendron makinoi
• PRONUNCIATION:
  ro-do-DEN-drun MACK-kin-oy
• COMMON NAME: Makino Rhododendron
• FAMILY: Ericaceae
• NATIVITY: Japan
• GROWTH HABIT: Rounded shrub.
• SIZE: 4 - 6'
• HARDINESS: Zone 6 - 8
• CULTURE: Partial shade, moist, highly organic, acidic soil.
  Conditions typical of most rhododendrons.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Specimen plant and rock gardens. Grown as much for foliage as flower.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, lanceolate, entire, 2 3/4 - 6" long. The underside
  of the leaf is densely tomentosely pubescent. There is, quite possibly, enough
  fiber on each leaf to spin a skein of yarn!
• BUDS:
• BARK:
• FLOWERS: In terminal trusses. Individual flowers are campanulate, pink and about 2".
  Flowers in May - June.
• FRUIT: Capsule.
• PROPAGATION: Seed, cuttings.
• PESTS: None serious.
• CULTIVARS: