This variable shrub has yellowish scaly woody branched stems that form an upright and open to mounded habit. It has dark green lance-shaped pointed leaves and the broad funnel-shaped lemon yellow flowers appear in a cluster from mid to late spring..

Hardiness zones 5 to 9 

Rhododendron keiskei is naturally found in Japan growing in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu on rocky slopes in the mountain forests at an altitude from 660 m to 2000 m (6,000 ft). In its very southern range it is occasionally epiphytic. 

It prefers a semi-shaded to full sun position and grows in well-drained organic rich moist sandy stony soils that are tending acidic with a pH 4.5-6 and is frost tolerant but drought tender. 

This shrub is grown for its flowers and variable habit. It is planted in small or Japanese gardens as a specimen along borders or in rockeries and is used in alpine gardens. It is suitable for mountainous and inland regions establishing in 4-6 years and is long-lived. This plant is also used in woodland settings and many dwarf cultivars are grown in rockeries or containers. ID 3511

Rhododendron (ro-do-DEN-dron) keiskei (KAY-skay-ee)

'Rhododendron': from Greek rhodon + dendron - rose tree

Ericaceae (er-ek-AY-see-ee)
Bilberries, Blueberries,Cranberies, Heathers, Heaths, Rhododendrons, Wintergreens