#1490 most planted
Rhododendron fortunei
Rhododendron fortunei
Evergreen
38
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
11 in
median trunk (27 cm, 38 measured)
14 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
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Rhododendron fortunei is an evergreen shrub native to China, growing at altitudes of 600–2,000 meters. It reaches heights of 3–12 meters and features leathery, oblong leaves. The plant produces trusses of fragrant, campanulate white to pink flowers in April and May.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 380.03%14 yr11 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 9.8–39.4 ft
- Blooms
- Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 11 in, mean 11 in, 90th percentile 15 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
Other Rhododendron in the catalogue
20 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
