| Scientific Name: | Rhododendron 'Hino Crimson' |
| Common Name: | Hino Crimson azalea |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Small garden/space, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Lustrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Red, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Aborted (hybrids) or absent |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Compact, evergreen azalea; leaves alternate, most ovate-obovate, 1-2.5cm long x 0.5-2cm wide, dark green, pubescent (flat sparse hairs); flowers in clusters, scarlet red, Apr-May. | |