{"id":15607,"date":"2023-08-10T06:41:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T06:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/kasvit\/rhododendron_mist_maiden\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T14:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:46:56","slug":"rhododendronmistmaiden","status":"publish","type":"kasvit","link":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/plants\/rhododendronmistmaiden\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhododendron &#8216;Mist Maiden&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article role=\"article\" class=\"node node-type-plant node-view-mode-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rhododendron_mist_maiden_turunsaaristo_kristiantheqvist.jpg\" alt=\"rhododendron_mist_maiden_turunsaaristo_kristiantheqvist.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The Yak rhododendron varieties have gained great popularity during recent decades, particularly in small gardens, thanks to their dense, round habit. \u2018Mist Maiden\u2019 is one of the hardiest of the group. It was registered by the American David Leach, who obtained Yak seed (<em>R<\/em>. <em>degronianum<\/em> subsp. <em>yakushimanum<\/em>, syn. <em>R<\/em>. <em>yakushimanum<\/em>) from England, and was convinced that his \u2018Pink Parasol\u2019 and \u2018Mist Maiden\u2019 were selections from this seed, and not hybrids. However, there seems to be some doubt about the seeds having been the true species, as these varieties show characteristics indicating the involvement of Smirnow\u2019s rhododendron (<em>R<\/em>. <em>smirnowii<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u2019Mist Maiden\u2019 flowers glowing pink in June, the blossoms gradually turning white. When flowering is over, new growth is covered in white down, almost like a second flowering. The down on the leaf undersides improves drought hardiness and \u2018Mist Maiden\u2019 thrives in more open spots than most rhododendrons \u2013 in full light it will flower more abundantly.&#8217;Mist Maiden&#8217; is dense, beautifully rounded and slow-growing, reaching less than a metre in ten years, though given time it can reach about 1.5 metres.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"keywords\">\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ryhmittely\">Lehtipuut ja -pensaat<\/li>\n<li class=\"plants\"><a href=\"\" hreflang=\"und\">Rhododendron<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"plants\"><a href=\"\" hreflang=\"und\">Rhododendron &#8216;Mist Maiden&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8518,"template":"","alueet":[],"kasvilajit":[1095,1923],"class_list":["post-15607","kasvit","type-kasvit","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kasvilajit-deciduous_trees_and_shrubs","kasvilajit-alppiruusut-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kasvit\/15607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kasvit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kasvit"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"alueet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alueet?post=15607"},{"taxonomy":"kasvilajit","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kasvilajit?post=15607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}