Rhododendron Maxine Childers

Rhododendron Maxine Childers
  • Code: HMAX
  • Flower Colour: Red
  • Flowering Month: April
  • Height After 10 Years: 100-125cm
  • Interesting Foliage: Yes
  • Scent: Not Scented
  • Hardiness: To -10 °C

Beautiful waxy cardinal red flowers on a really special plant. It has textured dark green leaves with orange brown indumentum below. It resembles a compact R. strigillosum and has the same interesting bristly leaf. It flowers in April and young growth is reddish brown. We would recommend some shelter. Height 100-120cm in 10 years.

  • Recommended for: Strong red flower and wonderful foliage.
  • Plantsman range.
  • Ideal position: Dappled shade, needs shelter.
  • Habit: Dense.
  • Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
  • Parentage: strigillosum X Elizabeth Group.
  • Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1958).
  • Bred by: Mrs M. Childers. Origin: American.
  • Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
  • RHS Hardiness Rating: H3-4.
  • How we usually propagate this plant: Cutting.

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