Rhododendrons

Everestianum

Rhododendron 'Everestianum'

catawbiense hybrid

Waterer, Bagshot before 1850

H6

Shrub 2.0m in 10 years

Flowers: Hemispherical trusses of 15-20 flattish or broadly funnel-shaped flowers, 50mm long x 70-80mm wide with wavy-edged lobes, lilac, paler in centre with a ray of yellowish-green markings

May

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, about 110mm long x 50mm wide, deep glossy green above

Other Information: May be commercially available

 

Location: Ramster Gardens

Photo: Miranda Gunn