Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Frankby'
Deciduous azalea
"Ness Holt Hybrid" 1998
parentage unknown; DP 126A
H5
Shrub 0.75 × 1.0m in 12 years.
Flowers: single, 10-12/loose truss, broadly tubular funnel-shaped, 45 × 53mm, with 5 wavy-edged lobes, deep yellowish pink (39B) in bud, opening pale orange-yellow (19D) and suffused light yellowish pink (37D) inside, outside pale greenish yellow (2D) and suffused moderate yellowish pink (38B); dorsal blotch of vivid orange-yellow (23A); scented. Calyx 3mm long, light yellow-green (142C).
June-July.
Foliage: elliptic, 20-75 × 7-30mm, wavy-edged, apiculate at apex, cuneate at base, glossy green, hairless.
Good autumn foliage colour.