RHODODENDRON yakushimamum 'MARLENE PESTE'

Rhododendron Marlene Peste

RHODODENDRON yakushimamum 'MARLENE PESTE'

Rhododendron Marlene Peste

  • Maintenance advice : Water regularly in dry weather. From mid-August, lessen watering for a better flowering the following spring.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : breeder Fred Peste (US) 1971
  • Use group : Heathland plants
  • Height at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • 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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Luminous and intense red flowers in April-May. Close to the 'Fred Peste' variety with brighter leaves and flowers. Dark green leaves with a downy brown underside. Attractive downy young shoots appear after flowering. Vigorous, rounded and compact vegetation. Excellent in containers, rock gardens and flowerbeds, in front of other hybrid rhododendrons and azaleas, japanese maples and other heathland plants. Rustic