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Rhododendron 'Ken Burns'
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Family:
Ericaceae (Heath)
Synonym:
Rhododendron johnstoneanum 'Ken Burns'
Life form:
Shrub - evergreen
Comments:
Habit: Compact growing to 1.5m.
Flowers: Deep champagne (or biscuit) coloured in bud, lighter champagne (or creamy yellow to white) on opening, with a deep gold blotch and reddish orange flare in dorsal throat. Early flowering, slightly perfumed. Flowers completely smother the plant so no leaves are visible.
Foliage: leaves elliptic, 80 x 25mm, scaly.
History: Originally called R. johnstoneanum Ken Burns but clearly a hybrid. It was growing in Ken Burn's Timaru garden and is of unknown origin. The flowers are wider opening and a different colour than true johnstoneanum. Registered by Dunedin Rhododendron group in 1988.
Cultivation information: Suitable for container, tolerates a range of conditions, available from rhododendron nurseries in New Zealand.
Locations
1:
Ayckbourn A9
(T3/A9)
• Accession: T3/1985-1175/B
2:
Ayckbourn A9
(T3/A9)
• Accession: T3/1985-1175/A
3:
Ayckbourn A9
(T3/A9)
• Accession: T3/2005-0060 • Provenance: Garden
4:
Entrance L3
(T3/L3)
• Accession: T3/2017-0203 (4) • Provenance: Garden
5:
Keiller S10
(T3/S10)
• Accession: T3/2015-0039/A
6:
Richardson B4
(T3/B4)
• Accession: T3/1985-1010 (3)
7:
Stead S2
(T3/S2)
• Accession: T3/1985-1080/A
8:
Stead S5
(T3/S5)
• Accession: T3/1989-1037
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Individual