Rhododendron 'Homebush'
Ericaceae
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Habitat:
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part shade
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Flowering:
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late spring
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Size:
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100
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100
(w x h cm) |
Soil:
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acid, with humus
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Price
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£15.00
(4 litre pot)
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Order code:
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RH5-4
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These deciduous azaleas include both species and hybrids, mainly originating in America. We are particularly grateful to Mike Creel of North Carolina for seed, much of it from his own hand-pollinated plants.
Rhododendron 'Homebush' Is a Knap Hill hybrid with flamboyant heads of reddish purplish pink, renowned as a good doer.
Other related plants:
Seedlings from a white atlanticum x periclymenoides azalea cultivar.
Seedlings from a strap-petalled hybrid of R. canescens and R. atlanticum.
Abundant clusters of burgundy-red flowers; great autumn colouring of leaves.
A fine azalea with superb pink flowers.
Spectacular pure white flowers with a dash of bold orange-yellow on the inside.
Deciduous azalea with pale pink flowers, opening before the leaves.