Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Ness'
Deciduous azalea
"Ness Holt Hybrid" 2000
parentage unknown; DP 113
H5
Shrub 1.0 × 1.5m in 14 years.
Flowers: 8-12/loose truss, broadly funnel-shaped, 53 × 60mm, with 5 strongly wavy-edged lobes, brilliant greenish yellow (4A) flushed light yellow (21D) in bud, opening pale orange-yellow (23D),flushed moderate yellowish pink (37C),outside pale greenish yellow (13D),flushed moderate yellowish pink (31D); vivid orange-yellow (23A) spots on dorsal lobes; filaments long, curved, pale pink. Calyx 3mm long, strong yellow-green (144C).
June
Foliage: elliptic, 40-86 × 18-35mm, apiculate at apex, cuneate at base, flat, glossy above, hairless.