Rhododendron Nancy Evans

Bloom Color: Yellow

Bloom Season: Early to Mid Season

Plant Height(potential in 10 years): Three Feet

Hardy to:  5

Rhododendron of the Year: 2007 Northwest, 2016 South West

Flower light yellow with some early orange shading on lobes and reverse, orange-red buds, hose-in-hose, openly funnel-shaped, wavy lobes, 2½” across.  Held in ball-shaped trusses of 19 flowers.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 4″ long, glossy, medium green, bronze colored when new.  Rounded, compact plant habit.  Grows to a typical height of 3 ft. in 10 yrs.  Hardy to 5°F (-15°C).  Hybridized by Brockenbrough.