Rhododendron 'John Walter'
catawbiense (s) X
arboreum
Flowers: up to 20/compact truss, funnel-shaped, 40 x 50-60mm, light crimson, with inconspicuous dark brown markings.
Calyx very small.
Foliage: elliptic to obovate, c100 x 45mm, dull mid green above, midrib below with shaggy brown indumentum.
Shrub up to 3.0m.