Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Kluis Triumph'

griffithianum hybrid

A Kluis, The Netherlands before 1955

HCT 1968; AMT 1969; FCCT 1971

H5

Shrub 1.5m in 10 years

Flowers: Compact, domed trusses of 15-18 campanulate flowers (expanded at the mouth, with tips recurved); flowers are 50mm long x 65mm wide, strong red, slightly lighter along midrib and in the throat, fairly extensively spotted on dorsal lobe.

Late-May - Mid-June

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are 180mm long x 55mm wide, dark, dull green

Other Information: Unlikely to be commercially available in the UK