From the
Rhododendron Society of ConnecticutThe speaker for the February 2, 2016 meeting will be John Weagle.
John gardens in Halifax, Nova Scotia. John is the recipient of the Leslie Hancock Award and the Hybridizer's Award of the Rhododendron Society of Canada. He is a well known plantsman and has spoken across Canada, the USA, and at the International Symposium in Bergen, Norway. There are four named varieties that John has introduced from his hybridization efforts.
NEXT Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016... Join us at the State of Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station @ 153 Cook Hill Road, Windsor, Connecticut.
Share refreshments and good company beginning at 7pm with our short meeting with speaker to follow at 7:30. Admission is free... please come meet us and Join our group... For details on membership... e-mail ctrhody@gmail.com
Directions at our website:
http://www.ctrhododendronsociety.org/directions.htmlSome of John's hybrids....
'Scotian Bells' (R. mucronulatum var. taquetii xCharopoeum Group)
'Scotian Breeze' ( R. kiusianum var. kiusianum x 'Lady Louise' )
'Scotian Reef' ('Lady Louise' x nakaharae x kiusianum 'Mt. Fuji' )
'Scotian Rosebud' ( 'Lady Louise' x nakaharae x kiusianum 'Mt. Fuji' )
an article from John
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v55n2/v55n2-weagle.htm