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
Location: East Sussex
Photo: Brian Wright
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Photo: Mikkel Jørgensen
Location: nr Sheffield
Photo: Sam Copnell