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Rhododendron 'Conversation Piece'
Object Details
- Description
- This dwarf to semi-dwarf azalea has flowers that can either bloom dark pink, white with pink speckles, or pale pink with a white border. Sometimes all the flowers are one color and change from year to year, and other times there is a mix of flower colors on the same bush. It was introduced in 1969.
- Hardiness
- -10 - 30 F
- Bloom Time
- May to June
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2022-0699A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub
- Bloom Characteristics
- Five-petaled flowers are funnel-shaped and range in color from white to dark pink. Flower are 3.5" across (8.9 cm).
- Foliage Characteristics
- Narrowly elliptic to elliptic leaves. Leaves are about 1.5" (3.8 cm) long.
- Plant Size
- 25" tall x 28" wide (63.5 x 71.1 cm)
- Range
- cultivated
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- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Enid A. Haupt Garden
- Common Name
- Azalea cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Rhododendron
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2022-0699A
- Usage
- CC0
