Rhododendrons

Upton

Rhododendron 'Upton'

Hybrid deciduous azalea

Parentage unknown

A Ness Holt Hybrid

H6

Shrub 2.0 × 1.5m in 13 years

Flowers: Loose trusses of 15-20 widely tubular funnel-shaped, single flowers. Flowers are 50mm long × 50mm wide, with 5 narrowly but strongly wavy-edged lobes; vivid red in bud, opening moderate yellowish pink inside, moderate reddish orange outside; a dorsal blotch of vivid orange-yellow; stamens pink; calyx 2mm long, light yellow-green

June-July

Scented

Foliage: Leaves are elliptic, 30-70mm long × 15-35mm wide; apiculate at apex, cuneate at base, wavy-edged; glossy green above (sometimes bronzed when young). Deciduous

Other information: A Denny Pratt hybrid raised in 1986 as DP 124A; registered by Ness Botanic Gardens in 1999. Unlikely to be commercially available

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