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Plant List

 RHODODENDRONS (all rhododendrons are elepidotes unless otherwise stated)

Variety                               Hybridizer             Description

                                                                        .

 ‘Azurro’                        Hachmann                    An outstanding hybrid with deep purple flowers in

dome shaped trusses. Each flower has a large black-

purple blotch. Rich, deep green, glossy leaves. Compact-

upright habit. To 6’(1.8m) x 4’(1.2m) wide in 10 years. 

(‘Danamar’ x ‘Purple Splendour’)

‘Barmstedt’                   Hachmann                    Rosy red picotee-edged blooms with  lighter centres

appear late in the season and sit upon dark recurved

leaves. New growth has silvery indumentum. A tough,

compact plant. Grows to 3’(.9m) x 3’(.9m). Hardy to

-15°F(-26°C).  (‘Sammetglut’ x yak  ‘Koichiro Wada’)

‘Blue Baron’                 Mezitt                           Striking near-blue flowers cover this new lepidote

hybrid. Shiny green, small elongated leaves turn bronze

in winter. Compact mounded habit.

Grows 2-3’(.6-.9m.) high. Zone 6. (‘Starry Night’ x ‘Waltham’)

‘Bluenose’                    Breuckner                     A lepidote hybrid with bright blue flowers in abundance.

Mid-May. Yellow new growth. Upright open habit.

Grows to 4’(1.2m.) x 3’(.9m) wide in 10 years.

Plant hardy to at least -30°F(-34°C), buds to -15°F(-26°C).

(augustinii hybrid x dauricum v. sempervirens)

‘Catalina’                      Leach                           New. Distinctive flowers are strong, bright pure pink

with a lighter center in dome-shaped trusses. Floriferous

with a dense habit and excellent foliage. Grows to

5’(1.5m) x 5’(1.5m). Hardy to -20°F(-29°C).

‘Cheer’                         Shammarello                 This early bloomer has pink buds which open to display

distinctive shell-pink flowers with a red blotch. Glossy

green leaves on a dense compact plant. Vigourous.

Grows to 5’(1.5m.) x 6’(1.8m) wide in 10 years. Hardy

to -15°F(-26°C). (‘Cunningham’s White’ x red

catawbiense seedling)

‘Firestorm’                    Vossberg/Mehlquist        Flowers are deep red and of heavy substance in dome-

                                                                        shaped trusses of 15-16 flowers. Dark green foliage.

                                                                        New foliage frosty lime green. Dense mounded habit to

                                                                        5’(1.5m) high & twice as wide. Hardy to -25°F(-32°C).

                                                                        (‘Vulcan’ x ‘Chocolate Soldier’)

‘Gustav Mehlquist’        Mehlquist                        Ball-shaped trusses with wavy edges open pink from

dark pink buds. Grows to 3’(.9m) x 4’(1.2m) wide in 10

years. Hardy to -20°F(-29°C).

(‘Mrs. C.S. Sargent’ x yakushimanum)

‘Hachmann’s Polaris’     Hachmann                    Ruffled ruby pink flowers with soft pink centers. Will

tolerate lots of sun and poor soil. A profuse bloomer 

from a young age. Dense compact habit to 3’(.9m) x 4’

(1.2m) wide. Hardy to -15°F(-26°C). (yakushimanum

‘Koichiro Wada’ x ‘Omega’)

‘Hawaii’                        Leach                           Frilled flowers are deep rose pink with a very pale pink

dorsal lobe. Dome-shaped trusses. An extra heavy bloomer.

Compact mounding habit with dense foliage.

Grows to 4’(1.2m) x 4’(1.2m) in 10 years.

Hardy to -25ºF(-32ºC).

 ‘Karin Seleger’              Breuckner                    A free flowering lepidote hybrid with purple-violet

flowers in ball shaped trusses. Early. 30”(.8m) x

42”(1.0m) wide in 18 years. Bred in New Brunswick.

Hardy to -25°F(-32°C). (impeditum x dauricum)

‘Peppermint Twist’        Thorton                          Red buds open to pink flowers with a white throat and a

small area of red spotting on the dorsal lobe. Petals have

wavy edges. Grows to 5’(1.5m) x 5’(1.5m). Hardy to

-20°F(-29°C). An R. hyperythrum hybrid.

‘Purple Passion’            The Conrad-Pyle Co.     Deep, rich purple trusses and deep green foliage. Vase

shaped habit. Very disease and pest resistant. Gows to

6’(1.8m) x 4’(1.2m) wide. Hardy to -20°F(-29°C).

DECIDUOUS AZALEAS

‘Western Lights’            Brigg’s Nursery             Lush foliage with a slightly glaucous colouring. Large

flowers of good, clear pink colouring. Very hardy to

Zone 4. A polyploid form of A. ‘Orchid Lights.’

‘Snowbird’                    Biltmore Gardens           Powerfully fragrant white blooms appear with the rich

glaucous blue-green foliage. A beautiful natural hybrid

from Biltmore Gardens. Stoloniferous, compact plant to

4’(1.2m) high in 10 yrs. Zone5. (atlanticum x canescens)

 COMPANION PLANTS

Variety                                                              Description                                                                   

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ‘Massachusets’            (Kinnikkinnick, Bearberry) Very hardy, prostrate

groundcover. Thick, shiny, dark green leaves with the

added bonus of light pink flowers in spring followed by

red fruit in the fall. Does best in poor sandy soils in full

sun or part-shade. Zone 5 or colder.

Festuca glauca ‘Boulder Blue’                           The finest selection of Blue Fescue to date. Extremely

narrow leaves of intense silver-blue form 8” clumps.

Durable and drought-tolerant. Zone 4.

Hosta ‘Love Pat’                                               A most outstanding hosta. Huge, cupped blue leaves

are thick and puckered. Pale lavender flowers in July.

Pieris japonica ‘Valley Valentine’                        A genus of evergreen shrubs allied to rhododendrons

with panicles of white, lily-of-the-valley-like flowers in

early spring. This is beautiful selection with rose-pink

flowers. Slower growing than most to 4’(1.2m) high in

10 years. Zone 6b.