Rhododendrons

Cannon's Double AGM

Rhododendron 'Cannon's Double'

Hybrid deciduous azalea

‘Corneille’ × ’Cecile’

Raised by C. Cannon (USA) before 1991

AGM (2002) 2012

H6

Upright to 1.5m in height in 10 Years

Flowers: Flattened dome trusses of 7-8 tubular funnel-shaped, fully double flowers; no stamens. Flowers are 44mm long × 64mm wide; outer corolla with 7 wavy-edged lobes; deep pink in bud, opening pale yellow, with deep pink veins on the outside of the lobes and tube

Mid-May

Not scented

Foliage: Leaves are narrowly obovate to oblanceolate; 108mm long × 38mm wide; flat, dull green and bullate above; hairless. Very good autumn leaf colour. Deciduous

Other Information: Easy to grow; needs some sun. Commercially available

Location: Surrey

Photo: Polly Cooke

Location: Surrey

Photo: Polly Cooke

Autumn leaf colour

Location: Surrey

Photo: Polly Cooke

Location: Lustleigh, Devon

Photo: Colin Brown