Rhododendron sinogrande 'Purple Splendour'

R. ponticum hybrid

Flowers about 15 per truss, deep purple, frilled, black blotched in centre.

Raised by A. Waterer pre 1900.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Ericaceae
genus        Rhododendron L.