Rhododendrons

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