Lynx - Rhododendron yakushimanum x bureavii
Lynx - Rhododendron yakushimanum x bureavii
Primary crossing of rhododendron with attractive foliage – young shoots are covered with an intense copper brown tomentum, that changes to creamy as time goes by. With suede like, cream coloured indumentum. Leaves are rather big, oval. Tomentum stays on leaves for several months. Flowers are pale pink. Dense and stocky habit. Growth is typical for Yakushimanum group. In 10 years reaches 80-100 cm. Frost resistance of -24°C. Variety was bread by Bengt Karlsson, Sweden.
Breeder: Bengt Carlsson, Switzerland.
Category |
RHODO ELITE COLLECTION |
Colour |
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Size |
slow-growing shrub |
Blooming period |
May I
April II
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Frost resistance |
-22 to -24
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Place |
sunny
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