Rhododendron 'Nicholas'

 
Photo: Harold Greer

Predominant Flower Color: 

 White, Purple 

Flower / Truss Description: 

 Flower openly funnel-shaped, 3½" across, vivid reddish purple with white center and part of dorsal lobe, spotted green. Dense truss has about 19 flowers. 

Fragrant: 

 No 

Bloom Time: 

 Late Midseason 

Foliage Description / Plant Habit: 

 Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, glossy, dark green. Very sparse, often straggly plant habit. 

Height in 10 Yrs: 

 5 ft 

Cold Hardiness Temperature: 

 -10°F  (-23°C)

Parentage  (Seed Parent x Pollen Parent): 

 ponticum hybrid  

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L): 

 E 

Hybridized or Selected by: 

 de Rothschild, L. 

Registration Reference: 

 RHS 65 

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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