arboreum ssp. delavayi var. delavayi

This subspecies represents the Chinese or eastern version of R. arboreum.  It grows as a large shrub and does not attain the tree-like proportions of the Himalayan arboreum.  The flowers are typically deep crimson to carmine and very attractive in mid- to late spring.  The leaves are glossy with deeply impressed veins above and a spongy white to fawn indumentum beneath.  A widespread variety occurring in various habitats from 5,000 to 11,000 ft. in a range extending from NE India, Burma and SW China to Thailand and Vietnam.

1973/345  (delavayi)  (+15).

1977/800  (delavayi)  Crarae  (+15).

1995sd246  PW#91:RSBG  (+10?\R1\6).  Grown from seed collected wild at 5,430 ft. in Guizhou Province, China.

1995sd253  PW#94  (+10 to +20?\R1\6).  Seedlings from seed collected at 5,430 ft. in Guizhou, China.