Rhododendrons

yakushimanum Koichiro Wada AGM

Rhododendron yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'
Selection from yakushimanum
Originally imported into UK by L. de Rothschild in 1934 from K. Wada
AGM 2012
H6
Very dense shrub 1.4 x 2.2m in 30 years
Flowers: c12/dense truss, campanulate, c55mm wide, apple-blossom pink in bud, aging to white after opening with faint speckling.
Foliage: c75mm long, very dark green above when mature, but white felted above when young, with strong revolute margins; lower surface thickly tomentose (tomentum white aging to brown.

Location: Carmarthenshire 2003
Photo: Ivor Stokes

Location: Carmarthenshire 2003
Photo: Ivor Stokes