This beautiful species has only recently been introduced from the Wumeng Shan of NE Yunnan Province, China where it is endemic. As seen in the wild this should prove to be a popular and garden-worthy new rhododendron for the home gardener as well as the collector. It forms a large rounded evergreen shrub to small tree (in the wild) densely covered with attractive foliage. The flowers are reported to be pink to white with a deep red blotch and spots (mid-spring?). Quite common in forests, open meadows and rhododendron thickets at around 10,000 to 12,000 ft.
1994/238 (var. sikangense)SB#9019:Berg (-10?\R1\3). Our first offering of the typical variety of this species with narrower leaves. This is the form from the Erlang Shan in Sichuan, China. Seed collected by Warren Berg at 10,400 ft. Only a few available of these beautiful large plants in 2-gallon containers $40.00
1996sd531SEH#205:RSBG(0\R1\3). My own collection grown from seed collected at around 12,000 ft. on the Wumeng Shan.Pink to white flowers with a red blotch in mid-spring.Hardy, compact and strong-growing.These are exceptionally beautiful foliage plants.
sikangense var. sikangense
1994/238SB#9019:Berg(-10\R1\3).Attractive lanceolate leaves and white to pink flowers with a reddish blotch and spots in mid-spring.Collected by Warren Berg on the Erlang Shan, Sichuan, China.
