Rhododendron 'Barbatum'

Plant height: 2.5m

Plant width:2.5m

Pot diameter: 

 A spreading evergreen shrub or small tree, to 8m tall, with attractive red-purple peeling bark on older stems, leaf-stalks and young stems are covered in stiff hairs. Leaves are glossy and dark-green, up to 20cm long, with heavily-impressed veins on the upper surfaces. Tubular to bell-shaped, deep crimson to scarlet-red flowers are borne in early spring in dense, rounded heads.

Mature height: 4-8 metres

Mature spread: 1.5-2.5 metres

Time to maturity: 10-20 years