Deep pink buds open to ball shaped flower of rose fading to soft pink in the centre of each flower.  Flowers are lightly sprinkled with red spots in the throat.  The plant is compact and spreading.  Leathery leave are coated with thick indumentum

Flowers Oct/Nov
1.2m
Parentage: Sammetglut x yakushimanum Koichiro Wada

Photo: Courtesy of American Rhododendron Society
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