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Rhododendron Yaku Incense

Code: HYAKUI
Flower Colour: Pinky-white
Flowering Month: May
Height After 10 Years: 50-75cm
Interesting Foliage: No
Scent: Scented
Hardiness: To -20 °C

Wonderful deep pink buds open to yellowish white flowers with some yellow-green spotting in the throat with a lovely spicey scent. Flowering in mid May and with leaves that have sparse orange yellow indumentum on the underside. Height 60-80 cm in 10 years.

Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: yakushimanum.
Parentage: yakushimanum (s) X 'Lackamas Spice'.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (circa 1960).
Bred by: B.F. Lancaster. Origin: American.
Habit: Compact bushy.
Ideal position: Dappled shade.
Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
RHS Hardiness Rating: H4.
How we usually propagate this plant: Cutting.