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Ponticum Rhododendron
FAMILY: ERICACEAE
About Ponticum Rhododendron at OSU's Landscape Plants site
Native from southern Spain and Portugal to Asia Minor.
Height seldom exceeds 30’.
Leaves are 9” long, oblong, dark & glossy, and evergreen.
Flowers are up to 2”, funnel-shaped, reddish-purple, with 10-15 per truss.
A shrub that with time becomes a tree. Tiny ones were handed out at the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition.
Rather uncommon in Portland as a tree.
Tree # | Location | Dimensions | Photo and Notes |
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97 | 1905 SE Larch Ave Private, Front Yard | 15' Height 18' Spread 4' Circ. | This tree is on the corner of SE Larch Ave and SE Mulberry Ave. |