Rhododendron excellens

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Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: China; Vietnam (north)

IUCN Red list: Vulnerable

Comments: Habit: An upright, occasionally leggy shrub to 3m.
Foliage: Handsome green leaves whose scales give a bronze sheen to. Purple- bronze new growth.
Flower: Long white bell shaped flowers with a yellow throat. Scented.
Additional notes: Late flowering, early December to almost Christmas. Likes a warm, free draining site.

1: Cook H6 (T3/H6) • Accession: T3/2007-0134 • Origin: Vietnam • Provenance: Wild
2: Corrigan G17 (T3/G17) • Accession: T3/2003-1003 • Provenance: Wild
3: Gordon G15 (T3/G15) • Accession: T3/2003-1005 (2)‎ • Provenance: Wild
4: Gordon G37 (T3/G37) • Accession: T3/2015-0165/A • Provenance: Garden
5: Goudie G25 (T3/G25) • Accession: T3/2014-0040
6: Graham Smith G35 (T3/G35) • Accession: T3/2003-1001 • Provenance: Wild
7: Larcom W12 (T3/W12) • Accession: T3/2007-0134 • Origin: Vietnam • Provenance: Wild
8: Marshall K3 (T3/K3) • Accession: T3/2007-0134 • Origin: Vietnam • Provenance: Wild
9: • Accession: T3/2021-1143 (2)‎ • Provenance: Garden - wild origin
10: • Accession: T3/2021-1158 • Provenance: Wild
11: • Accession: T3/2021-1163 (2)‎ • Provenance: Garden - wild origin
12: Nursery N1 (T3/N1) • Accession: T3/2021-1166 • Provenance: Garden
13: Nursery N1 (T3/N1) • Accession: T3/2022-0155 (3)‎ • Provenance: Garden - wild origin
14: Nursery N4 (T3/N4) • Accession: T3/2021-1174 • Provenance: Garden - wild origin
15: Pettison G9 (T3/G9) • Accession: T3/2000-1014 (4)‎
16: Pettison/Corrigan G11 (T3/G11) • Accession: T3/2014-0006 (2)‎
17: Richardson R1 (T3/R1) • Accession: T3/2008-0007
18: Richardson R1 (T3/R1) • Accession: T3/2012-1033
19: Richardson R7 (T3/R7) • Accession: T3/2014-0040
20: Richardson R9 (T3/R9) • Accession: T3/2015-0165 • Provenance: Garden

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Individual

Pukeiti

Plant Hunter’s Station

Taxon

Rhododendron excellens

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