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wildthyme azalea [Rhododendron serpyllifolium Miq.]
Flower
Explanations
- Origin
- This group is beginning of R. serpyllifolium native to Japan. Reportedly, it is most vigorously cultivated in Genroku.
- Characteristics
- Low, much-branched shrub, shoots slender. Branching pattern differs from another wild azaleas native to Japan, for shoots elongate resting buds of biennial branches easily.
- Inflorescense 1-2flowered. Corolla diameter 1.2-1.6cm. Pistil and stamens are longer than corolla. Leaves oblanceolate, 8-20×3-6mm. Shade hardness is strong.
- Uses
- garden, pot
- References
- Gardenlife 1976,"Tsutsusi sonosyurui to saibai" SeibundoShinkousya (in Japanese)
- Gardenlife 1978,"Yasei no Tsutsusi" SeibundoShinkousya (in Japanese)
- Gardenlife 1979,"Nippon no Engei Tsutsusi" SeibundoShinkousya (in Japanese)
- Gardenlife 1985,tsuukan205 pp.103-106 (in Japanese)
- Matsuo,T 1989,"Collected Data of Plant Genetic Resources" Koudansya scientific (in Japanese)
