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Rhododendron 'Cheer'               ('Cunningham's White' × red R. catawbiense)

• Broadleaf evergreen shrub, 5 ft (1.5 m), forms a dense, round mound.  Leaves glossy, 10 cm long, jade green, retained 3 years, elepidote (without scales).  Flowers rose-pink with a reddish blotch, in conical clusters.
• - 10^o F, early middle, quality rating 3/3-4/4 [flower / plant & foliage / performance; scale 1 (poor) - 5 (best)]
• Hybridizer: Anthony M. Shammarello (1958), Ohio.  Registration Reference: RHS 58
• Oregon State Univ. campus: east and west side of Valley Library.