RHODODENDRON hybride 'HUGH KOSTER'

Rhododendron 'Hugh Koster'

RHODODENDRON hybride 'HUGH KOSTER'

Rhododendron 'Hugh Koster'

Evergreen ericaceous shrub, flowers red.
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  • Maintenance advice : Water regularly in dry weather. From mid-August less watering encourages a better flowering in the following spring.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : breeder M. Koster & Sohne (NL) 1915
  • Use group : Heathland plants
  • Height at 10 years : 3 m
  • Width at 10 years : 2 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
  • Shape : rounded, ball, globe
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Red
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Border
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Sturdy erect shrub, dense and rigid. Lovely bunches of crimson red flowers streaked with black in May-June. Shiny dark green leaves, slightly ondulating on the edges. Hybrid of the 'George Hardy' (griffithanum) and 'Doncaster' (arboreum) rhododendrons.