Rhododendron 'Schneeperle'
Evergreen azalea hybrid
'Elsie Lee' x 'Purpukissen'
H Hachmann, Germany 1988
AGM 2012
H5
Shrub of dense, compact, semi-prostrate habit, 0.35m × 0.55m
Flowers: Trusses of 2 from buds at shoot tips, funnel-shaped, double flowers. Flowers are 35mm long × 45mm wide, with 17-20 slightly wavy-edged lobes; cream white in bud, opening pure white inside and out, dorsal lobe spotted strong, light yellow-green
May
Not scented
Foliage: Leaves are dark green with silvery hairs, flat, ovate, glossy above and are 28mm long × 17mm wide. Evergreen
Other Information: Easy to grow. Commercially available
Location: Surrey
Neil and Myra Usher
Photo: Millais Nurseries