Rhododendrons

Rhododendron 'Langworth'

fortunei x 'Sappho'

W C Slocock 1932

HCT 1960; AMT 1962

H6

Shrub to 1.8m in 10 years, ultimately 3m or more

Flowers: Lax, conical trusses of 16 funnel-shaped flowers, with slightly wavy-edged lobes; flowers are 65-75mm long x 100mm wide, white streaked greenish brown at throat, with green spotting on dorsal lobe

May

Not scented

Foliage: Elepidote. Leaves are 175-200mm long x 55-75mm wide, dark and dull green above

Other Information: Commercially available