Rhododendrons

Morning Cloud

Rhododendron 'Morning
Cloud'
yakushimanum x Springbok
(so yakushimanum, griersonianum, ponticum
and unknown).
Hydon 1972
H4/?5
AM 1971, AGM 1993
1.5m by 2m
10 year height/spread: 1m/1.2m
Flowers: trusses of 16/18 widely campanulate
white flowers flushed lavender pink which fade to
cream.
May/June.
Paler leaves than but very similar to
yakushimanum with creamy buff indumentum.
Recognise by: the somewhat more open growth
than yakushimanum; the indumentum, and the
distinctive flowers.
Easy to root and grow, and very free flowering.