Rhododendrons
Pensby
Rhododendron 'Pensby'
Deciduous azalea
"Ness Holt Hybrid" 1999
parentage unknown; DP 122A
H5
Shrub 0.5 × 0.75m in 13 years.
Flowers: single, 5/loose truss (but trusses borne in close groups),broadly tubular funnel-shaped, 50 × 60mm, with 5 wavy-edged lobes, light orange-yellow (16B) flushed deep pink (47D) in bud, opening inside pale orange-yellow (16D) flushed pink; outside pale orange-yellow (16D),flushed deep pink (47D); slightly scented. Calyx 2mm long, light yellow-green (145B).
June-July.
Foliage: elliptic, 20-60 × 10-20mm, apiculate at apex, cuneate at base, slightly wavy-edged, glossy green above.
Location: Ness
