Rhododendron ( Shinyo no Ko Satsuki Hybrid Azalea )
The Satsuki Japanese azalea are believed to have originated several hundred years ago from natural crosses between R. indicum and R. tamarae . ( R. tamarae was formerly known as R. eriocarpum and before that as R. simsii var . eriocarpum . ) afterwards , horticulturist continued the crosses between these two species as well as others . Compact , low - growing , evergreen bush that is twiglike and heavy with a spreading to rounded form ....