Profile
Lapland Rosebay
Rhododendron lapponicum
Evergreen Shrub
Height |
1 - 2 (feet) |
|---|---|
Spread |
1 - 2 (feet) |
Distinctions |
Showy, purple, fragrant flowers in early spring; requires a well-drained, moist, acid soil. |
Limitations |
Difficult to grow in cultivation; not commercially available. |
Hardiness |
INT, SC, SE, W (Zone 2) |
Origin |
Mountains of south central and interior Alaska, Seward Peninsula north to the arctic coast (absent on northern coastal plain). East across the Canadian arctic to Labrador; British Columbia; New York, Wisconsin; northern Europe and Asia. |
