Rhododendron 'Mrs. Charles E. Pearson'
Coombe Royal Group (s) X 'Catawbiense Grandiflorum'
Syn: 'Mrs. C. Pearson'
AM 1933; FCC 1955; AGM 2012
H6
Flowers: c12/conical truss, broadly funnel-shaped, 70 x 110mm, with wavy-edged lobes, pale pinky mauve passing to nearly white at base, dorsal ray of burnt sienna. Calyx lobes 2-5mm long.
Foliage: elliptic-obovate, up to 150 x 60mm, deep, matt green above.
Shrub 2.0m in 10 years.
Location: Lustleigh, Devon
Photo: Colin Brown
Location: Lustleigh, Devon
Photo: Colin Brown