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Rhododendron ‘Bruce Brechtbill’               

• Broadleaf evergreen shrub, 4 ft (1.2 m), dense, symmetrical.  It is a sport of ‘Unique’ to which it appears identical until it blooms; compare flowers and compare flowering plants.  Flowers openly funnel-shaped, wavy lobes, about 7 cm across, pale pink with light yellow throat.  In spherical clusters of 10-12 flowers.
• -5^o F, early-mid, 3-4/5/4 [flower/plant & foliage/performance; scale 1 (poor) - 5 (best)].  Sun to part shade; can take heat.
• Corvallis: along River Front Park, 1st Street.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: north side of east extension to Burt Hall (Oceanography).