Rhododendron 'Rosy Dream'

 
Photo: Eleanor Philp

Predominant Flower Color: 

 Pink 

Flower / Truss Description: 

 Flower openly funnel-shaped, wavy lobes, 2½" across, deep pink with lighter throat and slight red spotting on dorsal lobe. Color fades with age. Held in ball to dome shaped truss with 12-16 flowers. 

Fragrant: 

 No 

Bloom Time: 

 Midseason 

Foliage Description / Plant Habit: 

 Leaves narrowly elliptic to elliptic, acute apex, cuneate to slightly oblique base, 5½" long, dull green, with silver indumentum when new that ages to cinnamon. Leaves retained 2-3 years. Mounding habit. 

Height in 10 Yrs: 

 2 ft 

Cold Hardiness Temperature: 

 0°F  (-18°C)

Parentage  (Seed Parent x Pollen Parent): 

 degronianum ssp yakushimanum x Britannia  

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L): 

 E 

Hybridized or Selected by: 

 Larson 

Registration Reference: 

 ARS 844 

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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