Help Identify Tree (shrub) Picture

[burgerqueen]

I have bought this little tree at the market.

Can you help me dentify it (scientific name)?

Each of it's flowers has a mxiture of fucsia, pink an white. The flowers fade rapidly and become brown. The size of the leaves are maximum 3 cm long. The current height of the 'tree' is 30 cm.

Have a nice day.

[mitmig]

No idea, but if you've got the time browse this site, maybe you'll find it http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Plants-A.html

[burgerqueen]

Scientific name: Rhododendron simsii [Family: Ericaceae]

Common name: Azalea

Thanks for the info. It helped me identy a couple of other plants aswell.

[sunsamourai]

^ careful with the Ph, these can't stand acidic soil at all (no limestone ; avoid tap water)

[adtravels]

They actually thrive in acidic soils.

[xen]

It is definetely an azalea but by the yellowing of the leaves it has either been thru a dry spell or it is showing signs of lime chloris . Is that a plastic pot it is sitting in or concrete? it is a bit difficult to tell from the photo, but if it is concrete , remove it and plant in either ceramic or plastic or outside in a shady spot . The lime from the concrete could be the cause of the yellowing leaves. Azaleas, like somebody else mentioned, love a slighty acidic soil so watering in a small dose of iron chelates occaisionally will also help.

[sunsamourai]

^^ Ooops, my mistake. Of course they can't stand limestone, so no *alkaline soils for them, and preferably rainwater (not stored in concrete tank) ...

Edited March 4, 2010 by sunsamourai