Pukeiti
Pukeiti
Pukeiti
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Rhododendron 'Sir Robert Peel'
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Family:
Ericaceae (Heath)
Life form:
Shrub - evergreen
Comments:
Habit: Very large growing shrub or tree.
Flowers: Rose magenta with black markings, early flowering in August and September.
Cultivation information: Suitable for shelter belts as tough. Used as grafting stock in New Zealand but does sucker.
History: probably R. arboreum ssp. arboreum x R. ponticum. Raised and named by A. Waterer, Surrey, UK, pre 1865.
Locations
1:
Carpark east of shelter L32
(T3/L32)
• Accession: T3/1935-0001/A • Provenance: Garden
2:
Carpark west of shelter L33
(T3/L33)
• Accession: T3/1935-0001/B • Provenance: Garden
3:
Keiller S8
(T3/S8)
• Accession: T3/1968-0001/A
Area
Individual