Rhododendron 'Kiev'

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Forms a somewhat vigorous, talll shrub with an open branched habit.

Foliage: Dark green leaves.

Flowers: Blood red flowers with heavy spotting in a truss of 8, each with distinctive white anthers.

History: R. elliottii X R. Barclayi Robert Fox. Raised to first flower by L. de Rothschild and introduced by E. de Rothschild (1950). Exbury form.