There are about 900 varieties of rhododendrons in the whole world, and China accounts for more than half of the total species. No country can match the number of Chinese rhododendrons. At present, people are still constantly cross-breeding new varieties, and now the world's horticultural rhododendron varieties are close to tens of thousands. Next, I will introduce you to the ten most beautiful varieties of rhododendrons. This article is comprehensively compiled by the 24-hour national outstanding florist and high-quality physical florist alliance.
【Top 10 Most Beautiful Varieties of Rhododendron】
< 1. Red diplodocus rhododendron >
Rhododendron red, pink flower red edge, crown width 80-90 cm, many flower buds. Rhododendron red, with its dense leaves and many flower buds, resembles an umbrella, and is a fine product among rhododendrons. Every year during the Spring Festival, people used to decorate the room with various azaleas, as festive gifts to relatives and friends, adding to the festive atmosphere, and exchanging flowers to express their blessings.
< 2. Spring Crane >
The spring crane is one of the most famous flowers in the world today, and the flowers are very beautiful. Tubular flowers come in a variety of colors, including crimson, reddish, rose, purple, and white. When the spring rhododendrons bloom in spring, the mountains are full of bright colors, like colorful xia surrounding the forest, and are known as "flowers in the West".
<3. Summer Crane >
The branches and leaves of the summer crane are slender and densely branched, the canopy is rich and neat, the leaves are closely arranged, the flower diameter is 6 to 8 cm, and the flower color and petals are as colorful as the western crane. Traditional varieties include Changhua, Da Hong Pao, Five Treasures Green Pearl, Zichen Hall and so on. Among them, there is a small flower in the five treasures of green beads, which is in the shape of a pavilion, which is the most heavy petal among rhododendrons.
<4. Western cuckoo >
The Western cuckoo is bred in the Netherlands and Belgium by using anti-complex cross-fertilization such as the Gao Yue cuckoo, yingshan red and hairy white cuckoo. It is the most beautiful type of rhododendron. Because of its low plant, tight branches, small leaves, and evergreen, through pruning, you can also make various styles of stump bonsai, which looks simple and elegant, more stylish.
<5. Alpine rhododendron >
The young branches of the alpine rhododendron are densely rusted with brown scales mixed with fine soft hairs, and then gradually fall off, and the leaf bud scales fall early. Leafy, colorful, strong germination, pruning resistance, strange root piles, is an excellent bonsai material.
<6. Purple and blue cuckoo >
The purple-blue cuckoo is a small evergreen shrub with leathery leaves, oblong or oblong or oblong, ovate, gray-green or dark green on the top, and a variety of colors below. The inflorescence is apical, umbel-shaped and spherical, with 6-10 flowers; The corolla is wide funnel-shaped, 13–20 mm long, and purple-blue, indigo, purple or rose. The capsules are ovoid. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruit period is from July to August.
<7. White Cuckoo >
Rhododendron albicans have pure white flowers, april-May, with a total of 6-10 inflorescences. The white cuckoo was not difficult to see in the Dabie Mountains before the 1970s, and over the years, with the indiscriminate digging, it has been difficult to find a trace. At present, Longjie Township, Yiliang County, Yunnan Province, and other places are distributed, which is very rare.
<8. Huidong Rhododendron >
Huidong rhododendron is a shrub, about 2-5 meters tall; The branches are thick, about 4 mm in diameter, tender green, sparsely sparsely haired, and the old branches are hairless. This rhododendron is only produced in Huidong County, grows in mixed forests and evergreen broad-leaved forests, distributed in high mountains at an altitude of 2800-3200 meters, and only more than 200 plants remain in the world, which is very rare.
<9. Rhododendron yellow-flowered >
The Yellow Flower Rhododendron is a rare yellow rhododendron in Mount Emei. Evergreen shrubs, occasionally small trees, 2-3 meters high and 5 meters in hand. The leaves are thick leathery, lanceolate or oblong lanceolate, with sparse yellow scales on both sides. Flowers are solitary branches with top leaf axillaries, and few 2-3 flowers are clustered by a tooth; The corolla is yellow or pale yellow, wide funnel-shaped. Flowering period is from April to May; The fruiting period is from October to November. It grows in the forest from Jiulaodong to Huayanding at an altitude of nearly 2,000 meters.
<10, Five Treasures Green Plant Rhododendron >
Five treasures of green pearl is a rhododendron treasure produced in China, the flowering period is from May to August, more white, and there are red stripes and spots, perennial plants can open white, red, pink or red and white half of color. Flower diameter 5-8 cm, the flower petals, the center of the flower is pale green, the flowering period is up to more than a month, to wither, the center of the flower bulges out like a small flower continues to open, but can not touch the water, easy to rot and do not open after the water, the leaves are long oval, the branches are dense and horizontal, and the shape is clustered.
< Conclusion: >
Rhododendrons are diverse in their growth environment and form a wide variety of forms. The blossoms of the whole plant are basically the same, the flowers can cover the front leaves, and the whole plant is graceful and luxurious, quite beautiful.
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