Rhododendron ( Taisanhaku Satsuki Hybrid Azalea )
The Satsuki Japanese azalea are believe to have spring up several hundred years ago from natural cross between R. indicum and R. tamarae . ( R. tamarae was formerly cognize as R. eriocarpum and before that as R. simsii var . eriocarpum . ) after , horticulturist continued the crosses between these two species as well as others . Compact , low - growing , evergreen bush that is twiggy and obtuse with a spreading to rounded frame ....