R. balfourianum

Species

Botanical Synonyms	R. balfourianum var aganniphoides ( Tagg, Forrest )
Subgenus	Hymenanthes
Section	Pontica
Subsection	Taliensia
Introduced	1910
First Described	1912 ( Diels )
Origin	W. and N.W. Yunnan, S.W. Sichuan 3000-4600 meter
Epiphytic/Terrestrial	terrestrial
Mature Wild Height	400 cm. (13ft.)
Bloom Time	early
Flower	funnel-campanulate
Flower Color	rose
Fragrance	?
Leaves	ovate-elliptic
Leaf persistence	Evergreen
Plant Hardiness	-15 C (5 F)
Flower Bud Hardiness	?
Additional Hardiness Info	H5

Title R. balfourianum Photo By Harold Fearing Location Fearing's Farm Nursery, Abbotsford, BC, Canada License CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution Text: Harold Fearing via Rhododendra.com, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sizes small 768 x 540, 22 KB medium 1600 x 1124, 83 KB Full 3275 x 2302, 2.9 MB Description Seed Lot: ARS-91-225 Seed Comments: Cox, hp, From Kehoe, Mar. 94
Title R. balfourianum Photo By Harold Fearing Location Fearing's Farm Nursery, Abbotsford, BC, Canada License CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution Text: Harold Fearing via Rhododendra.com, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sizes small 768 x 526, 21 KB medium 1600 x 1098, 77 KB Full 3428 x 2352, 2.9 MB
Title R. balfourianum Photo By Harold Fearing Location Fearing's Farm Nursery, Abbotsford, BC, Canada License CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution Text: Harold Fearing via Rhododendra.com, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sizes small 768 x 1054, 37 KB medium 1600 x 2196, 133 KB Full 2592 x 3559, 1.9 MB
Title R. balfourianum Photo By Harold Fearing Location Fearing's Farm Nursery, Abbotsford, BC, Canada License CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution Text: Harold Fearing via Rhododendra.com, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sizes small 768 x 590, 34 KB medium 1600 x 1230, 139 KB Full 4726 x 3633, 4.5 MB
Title balfourianum Photo By Ken Gibson Date Taken April 13, 2004 Location private garden Tofino, Vancouver Island Canada License Copyright, Ken Gibson. Sizes small 768 x 1026, 86 KB medium 1200 x 1603, 418 KB
Title balfourianum Photo By Hank Helm Date Taken Location Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Federal Way, WA, USA License Copyright, Hank Helm. Sizes small 640 x 480, 35 KB medium 640 x 480, 80 KB
Title balfourianum Photo By Frederick Thurber Date Taken April 11, 2012 Location Private garden in Westport Point, Massachusetts, MA License CC BY 4.0 Attribution Text: Frederick Thurber via Rhododendra.com, CC BY 4.0 Sizes small 768 x 576, 35 KB medium 881 x 661, 140 KB Description R. balfourianum RSBG 70-081
Title balfourianum Photo By Ken Gibson Date Taken April 13, 2004 Location private garden Tofino, Vancouver Island Canada License Copyright, Ken Gibson. Sizes small
Title balfourianum Photo By Peter Norris Date Taken July 23, 2012 Location Private garden on Martha’s Vineyard, MA USA [z 6-7] License Copyright, Peter Norris. Sizes small 768 x 576, 97 KB medium 1200 x 900, 501 KB Description R.balfourianum ‘Phetteplace Form’
Title balfourianum Photo By Herman Van Ree Date Taken December 21, 2009 Location Nunspeet, Netherlands License Copyright, Herman Van Ree. Sizes small
Title balfourianum Photo By Herman Van Ree Date Taken April 2, 2010 Location own garden Nunspeet, Netherlands License Copyright, Herman Van Ree. Sizes small 768 x 512, 28 KB medium 1200 x 800, 163 KB Description forming new leaes