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