Rhododendrons

Peter Koster

Rhododendron 'Peter Koster'
'George Hardy' (s) X 'Doncaster' hybrid
AM 1946; AGM
Flowers: c16/truss, broadly funnel to trumpet-shaped, 45 x 65mm, often 6-lobed, rosy crimson, paler at edges,
inconspicuously marked dark brown at base of dorsal lobe.
Calyx lobe 2-4mm long, reddish brown.
May
Foliage: obovate, 90-100 x 40mm, deep green above, thinly brown-felted below.
Large shrub.

Location: Ramster 2008
Photo: Miranda Gunn

Location: South Africa
Photo: Barbara Knox-Shaw