Rhododendron chrysodoron (ex. CCHH#8116)

Upright but compact-growing evergreen shrubs with beautiful smooth and peeling, deep red-brown bark. The rather stiff and thick foliage is quite attractive, glossy green on the upper surface with golden scales on the lower. The flowers (late winter indoors, early spring outdoors) are bright to deep yellow and bell-shaped with flaring lobes. It is a very distinct and, in my opinion, a rather stunning species. Native to W Yunnan, China and adjacent N Myanmar where it grows as an epiphyte or in other exceptionally well-drained areas such as on rocks and cliffs. These are grown from a hand-pollination using plants resulting from the only re-collection of this very rare species since it was originally collected by Kingdon Ward in the “Triangle” of N Myanmar in 1953.

Plant Characteristics

• Peeling Bark
• Evergreen
• Flowering

• Outdoors

• Partial shade

Not Fragrant