Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Osmar'
williamsianum hybrid
Van Gelderen & Wilde before 1979
H5
AGM (2002) 2012
1.5m by 1.9m
10 year height/spread: 0.4m/0.7m
Flowers: open trusses of about 5 red buds open to comparatively large openly campanulate rosy pink
flowers with lilac shades.
May.
Deep green rounded leaves, rounded at the base and pointed mucronate. Dense rounded habit.
Recognise by: the leaves quite similar to williamsianum but pointed and with green petioles
Easy to root and grow, free flowering, compact and hardy.