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Rhododendron 'Peter Koster'

 
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Rhododendron 'Peter Koster'
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Family: Ericaceae (Heath)
Life form: Shrub - evergreen
Comments: Habit: Large Shrub.

Foliage: obovate, 90-100 x 40mm, deep green above, thinly brown­felted below.

Flowers: Distinctive tall rosy crimson flower umbel from candle like buds. Very free flowering. Has 5 or 6 lobed flowers and small brown blotch in base of upper lobe. Broad funnel to trumpet shaped, 16 flowers per umbel.

History: R. 'George Hardy' (s) X 'Doncaster' hybrid. Raised by M. Koster & Sons in 1909.

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