Rhododendrons

Blewbury AGM

Rhododendron 'Blewbury'

roxieanum x anhweiense

Crown Estate Commissioners, Windsor before 1968

AM 1968, AGM (1993) 2012

H5

Shrub up to 1m in height in 10 years

Flowers: Dense trusses of 18-20 open-campanulate, 5-lobed flowers; 38mm long x 38mm wide, yellowish white with the upper throat spotted deep purplish red

April – Early May

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are narrowly elliptic, 90mm long x 25mm wide, edges recurved, loose, pale brown, woolly indumentum on the underside

Other information: Easy to grow, interesting foliage. Commercially available

 

Location: Hertfordshire

Photo: J.H. Swainson

Location: Hertfordshire

Photo: J.H. Swainson

Location: Crosswater Farm

Photo: Polly Cooke