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Rhododendron Roseum Elegans

Code: HROSE
Flower Colour: Pink
Flowering Month: May-June
Height After 10 Years: 175-200cm
Interesting Foliage: No
Scent: Not Scented
Hardiness: To -20 °C

Beautiful lavender flowers fading to pink, with reddish brown spotting. Flowering in late May early June this lovely old hybrid has olive green foliage. It tolerates sun, heat and cold and is a dense and vigorous grower. It is ideal for windbreaks or hedging and screening. Height 180cm in 10 years.

Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hardy Hybrid.
Parentage: catawbiense hybrid.
Hybridization date: pre 1900 (1851).
Bred by: Waterer (Knap Hill). Origin: British.
Tolerant of more sun, heat and wind.
Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
RHS Hardiness Rating: H4.
How we usually propagate this plant: Cutting.