ARHS 1999 TISSUE CULTURE ADVANCE SALE

Plant List

RHODODENDRONS (all rhododendrons are elepidotes unless otherwise stated)

Variety                                           Hybridizer Description  
Alena   Snow - white, scented flowers with yellow spots and  glossy green leaves. Hybridized in Czechoslovakia.  Hardy to -10F. Cunningham's White x decorum.
April Mist  Mehlquist  A great plant. In mid spring it bursts into bloom with  semi-double soft pink flowers. One the best of the April  series.  A lepidote rhododendron.
 Capistrano   Leach Possibly Leach's best yellow. Soft yellow flowers are slightly frilled in a mounded truss.  Growth habit is  mounding;  5' tall 6 ' wide in 10 years.
 Fantastica    Hachmann Wavy flowers shiny red on the edges creamy pink in  the centre. As the flowers age they change from a salmon-pink to a soft pink. Dark foliage in a compact  habit, 3' in 10 years.
 Firestorm  Vosberg / Mehlquist Flowers are a deep red in a domed truss and of heavy  substance. Dark green leaves are held for 3 years.      
Henry's Red     Mezitt 

Grows to 5' in 10 years.  Hardy to -20F. A very hardy red, hardy in some Zone 4 regions, possibly to  -25F. Blooms in mid June.

 
 Kokardia       Hachmann   Pink flowers speckled ruby red with a striking red-brown blotch, very floriferous. Plant hardy to -10F. Blooms early June, medium growth habit.
Lilac Crest  Klehm  Very soft, delicate lilac with semi double flowers.  A lepidote introduction from Illinois

Samoa   Leach  Vivid turkey-red flowers, faint dorsal spotting. Ellipticleaves with a rough upper surface. Hardy to -20F, blooms late May-early June.  Mid size plant.

 
Northern Starburst    Briggs    A polyploid (triple chromosomes) version of PJM, Thicker leaves, larger flowers and stronger stems than regular PJM. Same hardiness (-30F) and habit. A  lepidote rhododendron.

 

     

                                              

Azaleas  (All hardy to -25 F, Medium habit) 

Variety                                           Type / Hybridizer Description
Apricot Surprise  U. of Minnesota Apricot - yellow with orange shading.

 
Double Delight  Exbury   Butter - yellow, floriferous and fragrant.

 

 
Orange Splendor   Arneson  Red, bright color, Exhbury hybrid.

 

 

Companion  Plants 

 Daphne "Briggs Moonlight"  A rare, compact plant, striking small yellow  leaves with a green edge. Small, fragrant  pink flowers. Deciduous in colder areas.  Similar to Carol Makie but much better.  Prefers well drained soil.

 
Hemerocallis "Mini Pearl" ”   A miniature daylily , with ruffled blushed pink flowers with a yellow throat. About 24" high. 

 
Hosta "Summer Music"     Green leave with pure white centres and irregular margins of gold.  Mid-Summer  flowers are light lavender. This hosta will perform better in shade. NOTE a special price  $5.00..

 
Pulmonaria "Sissinghurst White"   Typical green foliage speckled with pure silver. This variety has white flowers.  Great for shade