Rhododendron Dufthecke Lilac INKARHO

Code: IDUFTP
Flower Colour: Mauve-Blue
Flowering Month: April-May
Height After 10 Years: 125-150cm
Interesting Foliage: No
Scent: Scented
Hardiness: Below -20 °C

Available on the Inkarho rootstock! Intense lilac purple opening to lilac and flowering in April-May. It has fragrant flowers on a plant of neat compact growth. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. This one is ideal for hedging and screening. The German translation of Dufthecke is fragrant hedge!

Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.

Recommended for: Hedging/screening and fragrance.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: fortunei (s) X 'Cunningham's White' (Registered as Rhodunter 149). This is the registered parentage, but it does seem unlikely that such pale parents could make such a dark flower!
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1980).
Bred by: W. Preil & R. Ebbinghaus. Origin: German.
Tolerant of neutral soil.
Ideal soil: pH 4 to 7.5.
RHS Hardiness Rating: H4.
How we propagate this plant: Graft.