Catawba Rhododendron
Scientific Name: Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.
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The Catawba Rhododendron is native from Virginia to Georgia in the Smoky Mountains. It's the most hardy of the true rhododendrons.
The Catawba Crapemyrtle is a small shrub like tree that has bright green foliage in the summer that change to orange-red in the fall.
( Antoon Van Welie Catawba Rhododendron )
Antoon Van Welie is a quality cultivar bearing sizable dark pink flowers with lighter pink markings. Shrubby, evergreen "ironclad" rhododendron with medium leaves. It is hardy to -15 degrees Fahrenheit.
Catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense)
Zone 5, 1.25 m high x 2 m
Broadleaf evergreen; veined, green leaves and large, lilac-purple flower trusses in spring; dark brown fruit capsules in autumn.
Catawba Tree
Catawba Tree (Catalpa Speciosa) - A forest tree in America, westwards, and is little known in England yet, though promising to be a forest tree; reaches 120 feet high in its own country.
Catawba rhododendron Ericaceae Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. symbol: RHCA8
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Catawba rhododendron or purple laurel or mountain rosebay (R. catawbiense)
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"Catawba Album"
a classic Ironclad Rhododendron
Rhododendron cawtawbiense var. album is a naturally occurring variant of the species rhododendron native to the Appalachian Mountains, but R.
Rhododendron catawbiense [Catawba Rhododendron] Common Name List
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Rhododendron ‘Cheer' [Cheer Rhododendron] Common Name List ...
The name derives from the Catawba Native American name catawba for these trees (the tribal totem), ...
This violet variety is 'Catawba' which is a shorter shrubbier selection. Download a large version (800x600) of this image.
Usage
Crape myrtles have been planted along highways in the southern United States for generations.
American-type grapes such as 'Concord' and 'Catawba' do well in the cool climate of New England, in the Midwest, and in the Northwest.
Similar Species: Catawba rosebay (Rhododendron catawbiense) is a smaller plant (to 6m) with slightly larger pink or rose flowers and more rounded (ovate) leaves. It's range is limited to the southern Appalachian Mountains form Virginia to Alabama.
Rhododendron catawbiense : Catawba Rhododendron - Flowers
Rhododendron 'Golden Lights' : Golden Lights Azalea - Flowers
Rhododendron kaempferi 'Herbert' : Herbert Azalea - Foliage ...
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labrusca, the fox grape, from which are derived the Concord, Catawba, Delaware, and many other cultivated varieties of the eastern and northern states.
The wood of this tree is used primarily for railroad ties and fence posts. It has escaped from cultivation and is now widespread throughout the south. The catalpa or catawba "worms" (moth larvae) are used as fish bait.
 See also: Green, Pink, Rhododendron, Orange, May
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