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Rhododendron  ‘Blue Diamond’               (R. augustinii × 'Intrifast')

• Broadleaf evergreen shrub, 3 ft (0.9 m), vertical, dense, finaly branched.  Leaves small (ca. 3.5 by 1.5 cm), azalea-like, elliptic, bronze-green in winter.  Flowers small, lavender-blue, corolla almost flat , about 4.5 cm wide, with a short tube, 4-5 per truss, blooms all along stems.  At least two forms are grown.  (Many cultivars with similar flowers.)
• -5^o F, early-mid, 4/4/4 [flower / plant & foliage / performance; scale 1 (poor) - 5 (best)].  Sun (best) to light shade, susceptible to root weevils.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: east of Women's Building, between walk and street