90 seeds Rhododendron aureum.
Rhododendron aureum is an elepidote species of the Ponticum subsection.
It is a small compact or prostrate shrub first described by Georgi in 1775.
It has a wide distribution from the Altai mountains in West Siberia to the mountains of Northern China, Kamtschatka, Sakhalin, and Kurile Islands, Korea and northern Japan at elevations of 5000-9000 feet. The specific name aureum mean golden and refers to the cream to yellow flowers.
In older references you may see the obsolete name chrysanthum used.
The flowers are 5-lobed widely funnel shaped 1-1 ½ inches long. The 3-8 flowered inflorescence is in proportion to the overall dwarf size of the plant and leaves. The leathery glabrous leaves 1-4 inches long are variable in size even on the same plant.
Leaves are held at least 3 years as are the leaf scales or perulae. The internodes are very short. A mature plant can reach as high as 2 feet in 10 years or be as prostrate as 4 inches.
USDA Hardiness Zone (°F): 2 (-50 to -40 °F)