Rhododendron 'John C White'

 
Photo: Don Hyatt

Predominant Flower Color: 

 Pink 

Flower / Truss Description: 

 Flower openly funnel-shaped, 3½" across, 6 wavy lobes, with ¼" strong purplish pink edging blending through purplish pink and pale purplish pink to light orange and strong yellowish pink in throat, reverse deep purplish pink. 

Fragrant: 

 No 

Bloom Time: 

 Early Midseason 

Foliage Description / Plant Habit: 

 Leaves between narrowly elliptic and elliptic, acute to slightly apiculate, cuneate, 6¼" long, glabrous, olive green. Plant upright, broad, well-branched. 

Height in 10 Yrs: 

 5 ft 

Cold Hardiness Temperature: 

 -10°F  (-23°C)

Parentage  (Seed Parent x Pollen Parent): 

 Vulcan x fortunei, Gable form  

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L): 

 E 

Hybridized or Selected by: 

 Ring, G. 

Registration Reference: 

 ARS 802 

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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