Rhododendrons

Hachmann's Porzellan AGM

Rhododendron 'Hachmann's Porzellan'

Syn: 'Porzellan'

'Mrs J.G. Millais' x yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'

Hans Hachmann, Germany 1970

AGM 2012

H6

Shrub to about 1m in 10 years

Flowers: Trusses of 15-17 flowers, 35-45mm long x 50-65mm wide, 5-lobed, yellowish-white, conspicuously blotched strong greenish yellow

 May

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are elliptic-ovate, 105-130mm long x 45-52mm wide, dark green above, with dark reddish-brown indumentum below

Other information: Registered by G Stück in 1984. Sometimes sold by its synonym ‘Porzellan’. Commercially available

 

Photo: Philippe de Spoelberch

Photo: Greer Archive