Description
Rhododendron platypodum CGG#14005 This is a stunning foliage plant with equally magnificent flowers and is sure to shake up the rhododendron world once collectors and hybridizers get their hands on it. The large and almost round, extremely thickly textured leaves on very short, flattened petioles are so amazing that we actually take tours through the nursery just to show them these young plants. Large upright inflorescences of light to deep pink flowers in late April to early May. From wild seed, this is the first large scale introduction into cultivation. A very rare rhododendron in the wild this can be considered the northern cousin of the recently introduced R. yuefengense, differing in its larger leaves and overall growth habit and its darker flowers four or five weeks earlier in the season. (0?\R1\4) RSBG#156sd2010