Rwain Japanese Gardens

Rwain Japanese GardensNew from Marc Colombel of France, who has been working with tetraploid rhododendron parents to produce new plants with more chromosomes. The results are good. Rwain has thick leaves and big flowers like one of its parents 'Lem's Monarch', but there is more yellow in the blooms. This addition of yellow adds a nice 'glow' to the trusses. This will become a 5 star plant as more people grow it and report about its assets. We have also noticed that the

As the lower temperatures of December arrive

The plant is vigorous and grows 6-8 ft

It will even withstand a hard frost when in full flower

Syria and Turkey

burmanicum x R

red cones appear along the branches coming out of the new green growth

USDA zone 5

but is still a wonderful columnar accent for the garden

Plant with Rhododendron Crater Lake for a real traffic stopper

spreading dark-green spruce that has bright green new growth in late winter at the ends of the branches

*Easy to grow

being hardy to 20 deg