Rhododendrons

Butterfly

Rhododendron 'Butterfly'

campylocarpum (s) X 'Mrs Milner'

W C Slocock before 1931

AM 1940

H5

Shrub growing to 1.5m in height over 10 years

Flowers: Trusses of 11-15, broadly funnel-shaped flowers, 40-45mm long x 50-70mm wide, pale yellow-green with a basal crimson ray; buds flushed crimson

Mid-April to Mid-May

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are ovate to elliptic, up to 95mm long x 40mm wide, dark glossy green above, midrib glandular below

Other Information: Not commercially available

 

Location: Ramster Gardens

Photo: Miranda Gunn