Rhododendron 'Lampion'

The name ’Lampion’ refres to Chinese lanterns, and this hybrid can truly shine like a lantern when it is covered with light-red blossoms. The decorative red brown buds open in early June as strong red which fade to pink within few days, as typically with Yak hybrids.

'Lampion' is a cross between 'Bad Eilsen' and the Yak Rhododendron R. degronianum subsp. yakushimanum, produced by Hans Hachmann, the German hybridizer of so many hybrids.