Rhododendron bureavii, the Bureau rhododendron[1] (Chinese: s={{wt|zh|锈), is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to western Sichuan and northern Yunnan, China, where it lives at altitudes of NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet).
Growing to 2.5m (08.2feet) tall and broad, it is an evergreen shrub. The leathery leaves are elliptic to obovate-oblong, 6–14 by 2.5–5 cm in size. New leaf growth is covered in a fuzzy brown indumentum that remains on the underside of the mature leaves. In mid-spring, the Bureau rhododendron produces trusses of bell-shaped flowers. The flowers are pink in bud, fading to white when open, with purple spots on the interior.[2]
In cultivation in the UK, Rhododendron bureavii has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[1] [3] Like most rhododendrons it prefers an acid soil and dappled sunshine. It is hardy down to -20C.