Dwarf Rhododendron Ptarmigan AGM
- Code: HPTAR
- Flower Colour: White
- Flowering Month: April
- Height After 10 Years: 25-50cm
- Interesting Foliage: No
- Scent: Not Scented
- Hardiness: To -20 °C
Gorgeous pure white and free-flowering with contrasting dark brown anthers. It looks like a patch of snow in March - April. Small dark foliage on a spreading plant that is tough and drought resistant. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Dwarf Rhododendrons don’t mind the sun but they hate too much heat, so do avoid reflected heat from South facing walls and patios, particularly if planting in containers. One of the 'bird' series of dwarf hybrids bred at Glendoick in Scotland.
- Recommended for containers, small gardens and front of borders.
- Easy to grow.
- Ideal position: most garden situations but avoid too much heat.
- Habit: spreading.
- Group: Dwarf Rhododendron hybrid.
- Parentage: leucaspis X orthocladum var. microleucum.
- Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1965).
- Bred by: P.A. Cox. Origin: British.
- Tolerant of drought.
- Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
- RHS Hardiness Rating: H4.
- How we usually propagate this plant: Cutting.
- Awards: RHS Award of Garden Merit.
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