Rhododendron 'Lillian Peste'

 
Photo: Paul Wurz

Predominant Flower Color: 

 Pink 

Flower / Truss Description: 

 Flower tubular-campanulate, wavy lobes, 2½" across, light yellowish pink at lobe edges shading to light vivid pink in throat with very narrow deep purplish-pink edges, reverse shaded pink. Ball-shaped trusses of 25-30 flowers. 

Fragrant: 

 No 

Bloom Time: 

 Early Midseason 

Foliage Description / Plant Habit: 

 Leaves narrowly elliptic, apiculate apex, cuneate base, convex, slightly revolute, green with heavy gray-orange indumentum that ages to brown. Grows 2x wider than tall. 

Height in 10 Yrs: 

 2 ft 

Cold Hardiness Temperature: 

 0°F  (-18°C)

Parentage  (Seed Parent x Pollen Parent): 

 degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada' x unknown  

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L): 

 E 

Hybridized or Selected by: 

 Peste 

Registration Reference: 

 ARS 814 

Note: Bloom time and 10 year height information are approximate and can vary dependent on weather and growing conditions.
Cold hardiness temperature is also an approximate value.

 

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