Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Caroline
Allbrook'
yakushimanum x Purple Splendour
(so yakushimanum, ponticum, fortunei, and
unknown).
Hydon 1975
H5
AM 1977, AGM 1993
1.5m by 2.5m
10 year height/spread: 1m/1.5m
Flowers: compact trusses of about 18 flowers with
frilled edges opening lavender pink fading to
lavender.
May/June.
Good 'yak' growth habit. Leaves similar to
yakushimanum but with no indumentum.
Distinctively different in fower.
Recognise by: 'Yal' leaves without indumentum;
flower colour. Hard to identify out of flower.
Very free flowering and very hardy.