Rhododendrons

Betty Wormald

Rhododendron 'Betty Wormald'

'George Hardy' x un-named red hybrid

AM 1935, FCC 1964

H5

Shrub up to 2m in 10 years

Flowers: Trusses of 10-18 broadly funnel-shaped flowers, 65mm long x 100mm wide, rich rose in bud, opening lilac rose, paler in centre, marked with blackish crimson at base of dorsal lobe

May

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are oblong-obovate, about 160mm long x 60mm wide, dark glossy green

Other Information: Commercially available

 

Photo: Greer archive

Location: Ramster Gardens

Photo: Miranda Gunn