Rhododendron Cunningham's White

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

Mauve buds open to white flowers with a pale yellow eye in early May. With delicate small flowers, it is a very tough dense plant which is good for screening and difficult positions. Cunninghams White is also tolerant of neutral/slightly alkaline soil. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.

It certainly ranks as one of our favourites and is ideal for hedging and screening. If you have a difficult position this tough plant will perform well. This is the plant that we use as rootstock for all the varieties that we graft because it is so reliable.

Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hardy Hybrid.
Parentage: caucasicum (s) X white flowered ponticum.
Hybridization date: pre 1900 (1830).
Bred by: J. Cunningham. Origin: British.
Tolerant of neutral soil.
Ideal soil: pH 4 to 6.
RHS Hardiness Rating: H4.
How we usually propagate this plant: Cutting.