R. tapetiforme

Species

Subgenus	Rhododendron
Section	Rhododendron
Subsection	Lapponica
Introduced	1917
First Described	1916 ( Balf.f., Kingdon-Ward )
Origin	Tibet/Burma/Yunnan border regions
Epiphytic/Terrestrial	terrestrial
Mature Wild Height	100 cm. (3ft.)
Bloom Time	early midseason
Flower	broadly funnel-shaped
Flower Color	purple
Fragrance	?
Leaves	broadly elliptic
Leaf persistence	Evergreen
Plant Hardiness	-10 C (14 F)
Flower Bud Hardiness	?
Additional Hardiness Info	H4

Title R. tapetiforme 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 564, 29 KB medium 1600 x 1174, 106 KB Full 4276 x 3138, 2.2 MB Description Seed Lot: ARS-09-139 Seed Comments: B.Ranheim/R.A.Nielsen exp.R&N050, Beima Xue Shan,NW Yunnan,4478m
Title R. tapetiforme 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, 24 KB medium 1600 x 1230, 84 KB Full 4017 x 3086, 2.5 MB Description Seed Lot: ARS-09-139 Seed Comments: B.Ranheim/R.A.Nielsen exp.R&N050, Beima Xue Shan,NW Yunnan,4478m
Title R. tapetiforme 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 554, 39 KB medium 1600 x 1152, 154 KB Full 4204 x 3028, 3.4 MB Description Seed Lot: ARS-09-139 Seed Comments: B.Ranheim/R.A.Nielsen exp.R&N050, Beima Xue Shan,NW Yunnan,4478m
Title R. tapetiforme 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 1148, 76 KB medium 1600 x 2390, 282 KB Full 2592 x 3872, 2.6 MB
Title tapetiforme Photo By Dr. Stephan Bubert Date Taken April 15, 2007 Location Private garden, Hamburg, Germany License Copyright, Dr. Stephan Bubert. Sizes small 768 x 850, 93 KB medium 1199 x 1327, 519 KB