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Rhododendron Cosmopolitan

Code: HCOSMO
Flower Colour: Pink
Flowering Month: May
Height After 10 Years: 150-175cm
Interesting Foliage: No
Scent: Not Scented
Hardiness: To -20 °C

Lovely light pink flowers, fading to paler pink with a deep red flare in a rounded truss that flower in early May. This is a broad, dense plant with a neat habit and good glossy green foliage. This gorgeous plant shows a tendency to flower again in the Autumn. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.

Recommended for: Hedging/screening and occasional Autumn flowering.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hardy Hybrid.
Parentage: 'Cunningham's White' X 'Vesuvius'.
Hybridization date: pre 1958 (before 1957).
Bred by: J. C. Hagen. Origin: Dutch.
Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
RHS Hardiness Rating: H4.
How we usually propagate this plant: Graft.