R. 'Chou Chou' web special

R. 'Chou Chou' web specialThis new and fabulous rhododendron was created by Marc Colombel of France, who has been working with tetraploid rhododendron parents to produce new plants with more chromosomes. The results are good. R. 'Chou Chou', pronounced like 'shoe shoe', has rounded leaves that form a most perfect plant in the garden that is dense and compact. One can expect it to be 4 ft tall and wide in 10 years. The flowers are very delicate with soft pastel shades. We are

Japanese gardens

‘Velveteeny™’ grows to less than half the size

This feed will last for 2-3 months by dissolving a little with each watering

The flowers are small and a shade of light purple

Fall color is red-orange

The cultivar is much tighter than 'Acrocona' and has the red cones  in the spring

The foliage is very lace-like and the plant reminds us of Cham

The plant grows lower than most of the R

A little history

so give it some room

The foliage is very dark-green and glossy

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