Rhododendrons

Dora Amateis AGM

Rhododendron 'Dora Amateis'
minus var. minus 'Carolinianum' x ciliatum
Amateis 1955
H6
AMT 1976, FCCT 1981, AE(USA),AGM (1993) 2012
1m by 2m
10 year height/spread: 0.8m/1.5m
Flowers: trusses of 6 to 8 pale pink buds open
stark white with faint green spotting, sometimes
scented.
March/April.
Long recurved palish green leaves.
Recognise by: the flowers and the minus type
foliage. Bronze shades in full sun.
A very free flowering hardy dwarf. Easy to root.
Slow growing when young. May become bare with age.

Leonardslee

Location: Gaudiniere, Nantes, France
Photo: Koen Camelbeke