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More Information: Rhododendron 'Alice Swift'


R. 'Alice Swift' 
  Photo: Sally and John Perkins

Predominant Flower Color:  Purple

Flower/Truss Description:  Flower openly funnel-shaped, 1½" across, light reddish-purple shading to purplish-pink in throat with vivid purplish-red spots on dorsal lobe. 12-16 flowers per truss.

Fragrant:  No

Bloom Time:  Early Midseason

Foliage Description / Plant Habit:  Leaves elliptic, acute apex, cuneate base, 1⅝" to 2½" long, scaly indumentum. Compact, well-branched plant.

Height:  3 feet in 10 years.

Cold Hardiness Temp:  -20°F  ( -29°C)

Parentage  (Seed Parent x Pollen Parent): 
     (racemosum x mucronulatum) x minus Carolinianum Group

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L):  L

Hybridized or Selected by:  Yavorsky

Registration Reference:  ARS 873

Glossary of plant description terminology.
Note: Bloom time and 10 year height information are approximate and can vary dependent on weather and growing conditions.
Cold hardiness temperature is also an approximate value.


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