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.