Rhododendrons

Lady Clermont

Rhododendron 'Lady Clermont'

catawbiense hybrid

Waterer, Knaphill before 1865

FCC 1865

H5*

Flowers: Compact, rounded trusses of 18-20 broadly funnel-shaped flowers, 45mm long x 60mm wide, deep rose, shaded scarlet externally, with a ray of blackish markings on the 3 dorsal lobes

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are ovate to obovate-lanceolate, 120mm long x 50mm wide, matt green above, minutely hairy, with margins strongly recurved

 Other Information: * This Rhododendron is regarded as a Hardy Hybrid; no information found about flowering time, hardiness or height. Not commercially available

 

Photo: © Federal Plant Variety Office, German Gene Bank for Rhododendrons, Odo Tschetsch