Rhododendron Polaris STANDARD
- Code: DPOL
- Flower Colour: Pink
- Flowering Month: May
- Height After 10 Years: 75-100cm
- Interesting Foliage: No
- Scent: Not Scented
- Hardiness: To -20 °C
This tough little plant has red buds opening to ruby pink, ruffled flowers with a paler centre in May. It has good foliage and is wind, sun and cold tolerant. Height 80-120cm in 10 years.
- Ideal for containers and small gardens.
- A tough variety that is easy to grow.
- Group: yakushimanum.
- Parentage: yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'(s) X 'Omega'. Also known as Hachmann's Polaris.
- Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1963).
- Bred by: Hanns Hachmann. Origin: German.
- Habit: Compact bushy.
- Ideal position: Dappled shade.
- Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
- RHS Hardiness Rating: H4.
- How we usually propagate this plant: Graft.
- Awards: RHS Award of Garden Merit.
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