Friday 11 January 2013

Rhododendron 'Choremia'

I bought this Rhododendron maybe 30 years ago and it has grown slowly to about 3ft and the same across.  It flowers in February most years but is early this year. The silver indumentum is a feature and the deep scarlet-crimson is particularly good when the sun catches it. This clone came from Bodnant and is a cross of R. haematoides and R. arboreum ssp. arboreum. I don't know if it is the Tower Court clone that has an AGM.