| Scientific Name: | Rhododendron 'Coral Bells' |
| Common Name: | pink hose in hose azalea, Kurume evergreen azalea |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Container planting, Group or mass planting, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Oblong, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Pink, Mar-Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Aborted (hybrids) or absent |
| Key ID Features: | |
| A dwarf evergreen azalea with attractive tiered branches; leaves alternate elliptic-oblong, most blades 3-4cm long 1-2cm wide, pubescent (flat sparse hairs); flowers funnel-shaped, hose-in-hose (two sets of petals, one inside the other), coral-pink to peach-pink to purplish. | |