Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Goldsworth Crimson'

Doncaster X griffithianum

Syn: Madame Charron, Madame Victor Sharron, Victor Sharron

W C Slocock before 1926

AM 1960, FCC 1971

H6

Large shrub up to 2m in 10 years

Flowers: Compact, rather flat trusses of up to 18 campanulate to open funnel-shaped flowers, 45-50mm long x 55-70mm wide, blood red, shading to pink, or paler, in the throat, dorsal lobes spotted with black

May

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are oblong-ovate, 90-225mm long x 35-80mm wide, matt dark green, hairless

Other Information: Unlikely to be commercially available