Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Pensby'

Hybrid deciduous azalea

Parentage unknown

A Ness Holt Hybrid

H6

Shrub 0.5 × 0.75m in 13 years

Flowers: Loose trusses, borne in close groups, of 5 widely tubular funnel-shaped, single flowers. Flowers are 50mm long × 60mm wide, with 5 wavy-edged lobes; light orange-yellow flushed deep pink in bud, opening inside pale orange-yellow flushed pink; outside pale orange-yellow, flushed deep pink; calyx 2mm long, light yellow-green

June-July

Slightly scented

Foliage: Leaves are elliptic, 20-60mm long × 10-20mm wide, apiculate at apex, cuneate at base, slightly wavy-edged, glossy green above. Deciduous

Other information: A Denny Pratt hybrid raised in 1986 as DP 122A; registered by Ness Botanic Gardens in 1999. Unlikely to be commercially available