Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Helene Schiffner'

Syn: 'Helen Schiffner'

Parentage unknown

T J R Seidel, Germany about 1890

FCC 1893 AGM until 2012

H6

Shrub to about 1.5m in 10 years

Flowers: Hemispherical trusses of about 14 broadly funnel-shaped flowers, 40-45mm long x 50mm wide, mauve in bud, opening to pure white, more-or-less unmarked or with an inconspicuous ray of brown markings; filaments white

May

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are lanceolate to oblanceolate, about 100mm long x 30-40mm wide, dark green above, with a very thin, scattered, brown felt below

Other Information: Unlikely to be commercially available in the UK but widely available in some parts of the world