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Molis Hybrid Azalea

Rhododendron x kosteranum

Deciduous Shrub

Height

3 - 5 (feet)

Spread

3 - 5 (feet)

Distinctions

Large flowers, yellow to red with many combinations

Limitations

Marginally hardy in SC; needs a moist, organic soil.

Hardiness

SC, SE (Zone 4)

Origin

Rhododendron x kosteranu

Cultivars

‘C.B. Van Nes’ fire-red flowers.; ‘Comte de Gromer’ soft red flowers.; ‘Comte de Papadoli’ rose flowers, shaded orange.; ‘Comtesse de Kerchove’ pale pink or orange flowers.; ‘Consul Ceresole’ porcelain-rose flowers, 3½" diameter.; ‘Hugo Koster’ poppy-red flowers with orange markings, 2 3/4" diameter.; ‘Miss Louisa Hunnewell’ orange-yellow flowers, 3” diameter.; ‘Otto Lilienthal’ ivory-white flowers.; ‘Phidias’ light pink and yellow, double flowers.; ‘Snowdrift’ white flowers.

Molis Hybrid Azalea