Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii

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Chapman's Rhododendron

Form:	Shrub
Size:	3-6 ft tall by 3-6 ft wide
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	Pink
Fruit Color:	NA
Phenology:	Deciduous. Blooms in spring before the new leaves come out.
Noted for:	Showy flowers

Recommended Uses:

Specimen plant. Screen plant. Can be grown in a mass under trees.

Propagation:

Cuttings, or divisions. Apparently seed is not a major form of reproduction.

Availability:

Native nurseries

Light:

Part Shade, Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

always floodedextremely dry

(Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Short very dry periods)

Moisture Tolerance:

Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Short very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.

Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or other substrate:

Loam, Sand

Soil pH:

Highly acidic to acidic

Wildlife:	Attracts pollinators, including hummingbirds.
Insects:	Attracts insects. Apparently important to bumble bees.
Native Habitats:	Mesic flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods, seep slope. Ecotone between flatwoods and edges of titi swamps.

Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B 9A