Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Argosy'

fortunei ssp.discolor x auriculatum

Exbury 1933

H5

AGM 1993 until 2013

Can grow into a small tree; up to 2m x2 m in 10 years, may reach 4-5m in height in 20 years

Flowers: Trusses of 6-8 very large trumpet-shaped 7-lobed flowers. Flowers are white, very slightly flushed pink, 90mm long x 100mm wide, with a crimson ray at the base of the tube

July

Very fragrant

Foliage: Elepidote. Auriculate waxy glabrous leaves with green petioles stained faintly crimson

Other Information: It is uncertain whether the clone available for the Argosy Group is derived from those raised at Exbury or Tower Court. Tower Court raised a clone in about 1924. Commercially available