Pukeiti
Pukeiti
Pukeiti
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Rhododendron 'Coconut Ice'
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Family:
Ericaceae (Heath)
Life form:
Shrub - evergreen
Comments:
Habit: Compact slow growing shrub to 1.2m tall.
Foliage: Small elliptic dark green leaves. Thin tan hairy layer when new.
Flowers: Dense umbels of funnel shaped flowers, rose in bud opening white with rose margins and red spots which gradually fade. October- November flowering. Very floriferous and showy every spring, flowering from a young age.
History: Seed collected off R. yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada', open pollinated, and this clearly a cross with a nearby R. aberconwayi. A sister seedling to R. 'Frosted Ice' but slightly more compact in habit. Registered by Graham Smith.
Further information: Available from rhododendron nurseries in New Zealand.
Locations
1:
Stead S2
(T3/S2)
• Accession: T3/1988-1008
2:
Stead S2
(T3/S2)
• Accession: T3/1992-0004
3:
Stead S2
(T3/S2)
• Accession: T3/2012-0107 (4) • Provenance: Garden
4:
Stead S3
(T3/S3)
• Accession: T3/1987-1003/A
Area
Individual