Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Queen of Hearts'
meddianum v. meddianum x 'Moser's Maroon'
(so meddianum, probably maximum and unknown).
Rothschild 1949
H4
AM 1949, FCC 1986
3m/2m
10 year height/spread: 1.5m/1.0m
Flowers: a unique very dark crimson with
darker spots. April.
Foliage: red stems, deeply veined dark
leaves with yellow mid ribs from meddianum sometimes chlorotic.
Recognise by: unmistakable in flower, and
the foliage is quite distinctive.
A wonderful flower colour and truss, but the
plant easily gets leggy and it is best grown
behind lower growing shrubs.