Rhododendron 'Billy Bear'

 
Photo: New York Chapter

Predominant Flower Color: 

 Pink 

Flower / Truss Description: 

 Flower widely funnel-shaped, 1⅜" across, wavy lobes, inside moderate purplish pink shading to light purplish pink at lobe edges, with red spots on dorsal lob, outside has vivid purplish red ribs. Ball-shaped terminal clusters. 

Fragrant: 

 No 

Bloom Time: 

 Midseason 

Foliage Description / Plant Habit: 

 Leaves elliptic, acute apex, cuneate base, 1½"-2⅓" long, glossy, grayish green, retained 1 year. Plant rounded, well-branched, fully clothed to ground. 

Height in 10 Yrs: 

 3 ft 

Cold Hardiness Temperature: 

 -20°F  (-29°C)

Parentage  (Seed Parent x Pollen Parent): 

 minus var minus Carolinianum Group x Pioneer (Gable)  

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L): 

 L 

Hybridized or Selected by: 

 Fetterhoff 

Registration Reference: 

 ARS 801 

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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