Rhododendron 'Faggetter's Favourite'
fortunei hybrid
W C Slocock, Goldsworth Nursery before 1931
AM 1933; AM* 1955; AGM 2012
H5
Shrub to 1.8m in 10 years
Flowers: Compact, domed trusses of about 13 open funnel-shaped flowers with wavy-edged lobes, 70mm long x 95mm wide, buds spinel pink, opening cream, delicately flushed phlox pink, dorsal lobe speckled with bronze at the base
May
Scented
Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are 200mm long x 75mm wide, mid glossy green
Other Information: Named after Edwin Faggetter, the chief propagator at the Goldsworth Nursery in Knaphill. Wonderfully fragrant flower; prefers some shade. Commercially available
Location: Ramster Gardens
Photo: Miranda Gunn
Location: Dorset
Photo: Russell Beeson