Rhododendrons
Golden Torch AGM
Rhododendron 'Golden Torch'
'Bambi' x ('Grosclaude' Group x griersonianum)
Waterer, Bagshot before 1971
HC 1977, AMT 1984, AGM (1993) 2012
H5
Small shrub to about 0.8m in 10 years, ultimately about 1.2m x 1.5m
Flowers: Compact, globular trusses of about 15 campanulate flowers, 35-40mm long x 40-50mm wide, pale yellow, very lightly flushed pale greenish yellow with light yellow to pale orange-yellow spotting on the dorsal lobe
May
Not scented
Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are 60-65mm long x 26mm wide, dark, dull green
Other Information: Commercially available
Location: RHS Wisley
Photo: Liz O'Neill
