Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Raby'
Deciduous azalea
"Ness Holt Hybrid" 1998
parentage unknown; DP 105
H5
Shrub 1.0 × 0.75m in 12 years.
Flowers: single, 10-15/loose truss, broadly tubular funnel-shaped, 50 × 55mm, with 5 wavy-edged lobes, vivid purplish red (57B) in bud, opening moderate purplish pink (62B) inside, deep purplish pink (64D) and white outside, with a brilliant orange-yellow (23B) blotch on the dorsal lobe; slightly scented. Calyx 4mm long, light yellow-green (142C).
June-July
Foliage: elliptic, 20-50 × 10-15mm, wavy-edged, apiculate at apex, cuneate at base, hairless.
Good autumn foliage colour.