Rhododendron 'Lemon Lodge'

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Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Free flowering medium vigorous shrub growing to 3m x 3m. Height in 10 years is about 1.2 m.

Foliage: Broad elliptic foliage, glaucous light green when young.

Flowers: Good umbel of 10-12 wide funnel shaped flowers, pale primrose yellow in October and early November. Soft yellow in bud, opens cream with lemon centre. One of the best lemon coloured rhododendrons.

History: A self-pollinated seedling of R. Prelude. Named at Pukeiti by Graham Smith after the lemon colour of the flowers and the nearby 'Lodge'.

Further information: Available from rhododendron nurseries in New Zealand.

1: Aconitum Bed (T1/G5) • Accession: T1/1995-0045 • Provenance: Garden
2: Callistemon Bed 2 (T1/C2) • Accession: T1/2006-0721
3: Flax Bed (T1/L4) • Accession: T1/2006-0722/D
4: Flax Bed (T1/L4) • Accession: T1/2006-0722/C
5: Flax Bed (T1/L4) • Accession: T1/2006-0722/B
6: Flax Bed (T1/L4) • Accession: T1/2006-0722/A
7: Lawn 3 (T1/L3) • Accession: T1/2006-0721/B

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Rhododendron 'Lemon Lodge'

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