Rhododendron 'Mrs. Furnival'

Pendulous evergreen leaves cover this dense, rounded, slow-growing, but upright shrub; amazing rose-pink flowers with prominent red blotches in midsummer; prefers well-drained, cool, highly acidic and organic soil, use plenty of peat moss when planting

Pendulous evergreen leaves cover this dense, rounded, slow-growing, but upright shrub; amazing rose-pink flowers with prominent red blotches in midsummer; prefers well-drained, cool, highly acidic and organic soil, use plenty of peat moss when planting

Mrs. Furnival Rhododendron is an open multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Mrs. Furnival Rhododendron is blanketed in stunning clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers with a red blotch at the ends of the branches in mid summer. It has green evergreen  foliage. The oval leaves remain green throughout the winter.

Mrs. Furnival Rhododendron will grow to be about 7 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 7 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.