Rhododendron 'Double Damask'
Hybrid deciduous azalea
Parentage unknown
Waterer Knap Hill before 1959
AGM (1993) 2002
H6
A low growing shrub reaching 1-1.2m in about 10 years
Flowers: Dense trusses of double flowers, no stamens; cream fading to white with a yellow blotch spreading over the upper lobes
Early May
Lightly scented
Foliage: Mid green, sometimes tinted bronze. Deciduous
Other Information: Commercially available
Photo: Jim Inskip Archive