Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Bluebell'

unknown hybrid

Waterer, Knap Hill about 1882

H6

Sturdy, vigorous shrub

Flowers: Large compact trusses of campanulate flowers, with broadly rounded lobes, white at centre,

with a well-defined bluish-purple margin and a few yellowish spots on the dorsal lobe.

Mid-May - Mid-June

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote

Other Information: According to Cox & Cox (Encyclopedia of Rhododendron Hybrids 1988),another plant was introduced as 'Blue Bell' by C.B. van Nes in 1932. They consider this to have purple blue flowers with a light centre and a blotch and to be a shrub of slightly floppy habit. Both are considered to be still in cultivation.

The rhododendron in the photos may be commercially available