Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'China'

wightii (s) x fortune

W C Slocock Ltd before 1936

AM 1940; AM 1948; FCC 1982 (China Group)

H5

Shrub eventually up to 3m or more in height

Flowers: Compact, domed trusses of 12-17 broadly funnel-campanulate flowers with wavy-edged lobes; 60-65mm long x 75-90mm wide, creamy white, with a small, basal, rosy, carmine blotch

May – June

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are narrowly ovate, up to 115mm long x 50mm wide, dark green, hairless

Other Information: May occasionally be commercially available in the UK