R. 'Boulderwood Blue'

Rhododendron Hybrid

Hybridized By	Steele, Captain Richard, M.
Seed Parent	R. 'Sapphire'
Pollen Parent	R. 'Sapphire'
Additional Parentage Info	F2 as selfed
Introduced	1990
10 Year Height	51 cm. (2ft.)
Bloom Time	midseason
Flower	ball-shaped truss
Flower Color	violet
Fragrance	None
Leaves	acute
Leaf persistence	?
Type	Lepidote
Plant Hardiness	-20 C (-4 F)
Flower Bud Hardiness	-20 C (-4 F)
Registration	Unregistered
Extra Information	Colour is in fact light blue. Almost sky blue.

Title R. 'Boulderwood Blue' Photo By John Weagle Date Taken May 25, 2008 License CC BY 4.0 Attribution Text: John Weagle via Rhododendra.com, CC BY 4.0 Sizes small 512 x 384, 66 KB medium 1600 x 1200, 538 KB Full 2592 x 1944, 2.2 MB
Title R. 'Boulderwood Blue' Photo By John Weagle Date Taken May 25, 2008 Location Boulderwood, Halifax, Nova Scotia License CC BY 4.0 Attribution Text: John Weagle via Rhododendra.com, CC BY 4.0 Sizes small 512 x 384, 70 KB medium 1400 x 1050, 582 KB Full 2592 x 1944, 2.2 MB
Title R. 'Boulderwood Blue' Photo By John Weagle Date Taken May 21, 2017 Location Boulderwood, Halifax, Nova Scotia License CC BY 4.0 Attribution Text: John Weagle via Rhododendra.com, CC BY 4.0 Sizes small 768 x 1024, 63 KB medium 1600 x 2134, 423 KB Full 1920 x 2560, 1.7 MB
Title R. 'Boulderwood Blue' Photo By John Weagle Date Taken May 30, 2019 Location Boulderwood, Halifax, Nova Scotia License CC BY 4.0 Attribution Text: John Weagle via Rhododendra.com, CC BY 4.0 Sizes small 384 x 512, 47 KB medium 768 x 1024, 302 KB Full 768 x 1024, 385 KB Description A young plant in filtered sun is very close to sky blue though the habit is looser.