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Rhododendron Rocket

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

Frilled vibrant deep pink flowers with a scarlet blotch in a conical truss. Flowering in early May it has ribbed, thick and glossy foliage. Young growth is coppery bronze. A very useful plant that is heat and sun tolerant with a bushy, upright habit. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.

Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: meddianum (s) X strigillosum.
Bred by: J.B. Stevenson (Tower Court). Origin: British.
Tolerant of more sun and heat.
Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
RHS Hardiness Rating: H4.
How we usually propagate this plant: Graft.