Dwarf Rhododendron Swift

Code: HSWIFT
Flower Colour: Yellow
Flowering Month: May
Height After 10 Years: 25-50cm
Interesting Foliage: No
Scent: Not Scented
Hardiness: To -20 °C

A charming dwarf rhododendron with greenish yellow flowers, spotted red in the throat and striped red on the reverse in trusses of 3. It is very free flowering in early May. We love it's lovely healthy foliage and habit. 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, flowers a little later than most Dwarfs.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: most garden situations but avoid too much heat.
Habit: dense mound.
Group: Dwarf Rhododendron hybrid.
Parentage: mekongense Viridescens Group X ludlowii.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (c. 1976).
Bred by: P.A. Cox. Origin: British.
Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
RHS Hardiness Rating: H4.
How we usually propagate this plant: Cutting.