Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Loderi Game Chick'
fortunei ssp. fortunei x griffithianum
Loder 1901
H4
(AGM 1993 removed 2012)
5m by 8m
10 year height/spread: 2m/2.5m
Flowers: enormous somewhat floppy trusses of
about 12 pink buds open to very large (14cm
across) white flowers with noticeable green spots
in the throat. Very fragrant.
May/June.
Elliptic glabrous mid green foliage more similar to
griffithianum but with purple petioles.
Recognise by: the petioles; the truss and flower
size and the far reaching fragrance. The greenish
spots on a white flower identify this clone, which
flowers 7-10 days after other Loderis.
Needs grafting. Usefully later.
Except possibly for 'King George' and 'Venus',
the clones of Loderi have become very mixed up
in commerce.