Rhododendron 'Alice Swift'

 
Photo: Sally and John Perkins

Predominant Flower Color: 

 Purple 

Flower / Truss Description: 

 Flower openly funnel-shaped, 1½" across, light reddish-purple shading to purplish-pink in throat with vivid purplish-red spots on dorsal lobe. 12-16 flowers per truss. 

Fragrant: 

 No 

Bloom Time: 

 Early Midseason 

Foliage Description / Plant Habit: 

 Leaves elliptic, acute apex, cuneate base, 1⅝" to 2½" long, scaly indumentum. Compact, well-branched plant. 

Height in 10 Yrs: 

 3 ft 

Cold Hardiness Temperature: 

 -20°F  (-29°C)

Parentage  (Seed Parent x Pollen Parent): 

 (racemosum x mucronulatum) x minus Carolinianum Group  

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L): 

 L 

Hybridized or Selected by: 

 Yavorsky 

Registration Reference: 

 ARS 873 

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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