Rhododendron 2018

[johnw]

Can anyone identify this dwarf yellow flowered Rhododendron?
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Does Honey Bee or any of the ....Bees ring a bell?

I'll pm you in Sept for your mailing address.

john

[Tomasz Cyba]

'Princess Anne' or 'Shamrock' would be my guess (I have both, and they are quite similar).

[johnw]

'Princess Anne' or 'Shamrock' would be my guess (I have both, and they are quite similar).

'Princess Anne' sounds reasonable especially with the spotted yellowish foliage.

They say 17c today!

johnw

[johnralphcarpenter]

Yes, 'Princess Anne' is the best bet, especially as Gardening Express list it. Thank you all.

[David Nicholson]

.................especially as Gardening Express list it...............

 

[johnralphcarpenter]

That's where it came from, labelled as Rhododendron groenlandicum.

[johnw]

A few of the many Rhododendrons in flower over the past 2 weeks here.

R. 'Peter Faulk', a strigillosum hybrid and one of the earliest. Owner has obviously planted it too close to that bamboo as it should be rather more compact.

R. recurvoides x proteoides, a seedling I grew with disproportionately large flowers.

R. calophytum steals the show here this spring, all the calophytums even ones that have never set but put on a glorious show this spring

R. calophytum, a long shot for a sense of scale.

From the wizard Jens Birck, Gold Prinz x rex in his Copenhagen garden, a brilliant colour break in a rex hybrid.

john - +15c & sunny, a chilly +5c last night around dawn.

[ian mcdonald]

Is R. groenlandicum the same as Ledum? I noticed our local nursery had one or two last week. They were quite large and I remember them being called Labrador Tea. They were among plants introduced to the local site a hundred years ago but I have not managed to find them. Kalmia angustifolia is still there though.

[johnw]

They are indeed the same.

john

[johnralphcarpenter]

Rhododendron 'Bow Bells'.

[Graham Catlow]

Some Rhododendrons that caught my eye at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh this afternoon.


R. 'Hatsugiri'


R. augustinii ssp. augustinii


R. 'Rosa Stevenson'

[Graham Catlow]

More.


R.rex ssp. fictolacteum


R. arizelum


R. macabeanum

[Graham Catlow]

And finally


R. argyrophyllum nankingensis
UK & Ireland Champion Tree - Girth

[Jacek]

Graham,

Beautiful pictures and plants. Unfortunately, most rhodies do not tolerate our cold winters and (relatively) hot summers.

I have rather standard cultivars that proved to be hardy here. I also avoid buying imported plants (and unknown on local market), as they will not survive in most cases.

Here is one of my beloved azalea, an old "Homebush". Very shade tolerant, very fast grower (250 cm at least after 10 years), reliable bloomer and visible from a distance. The only rhododendron I am inquired about by the people passing by.

[Tomasz Cyba]

John, this 'Peter Faulk' looks like if you were in PNW and not in NS. Beauty.


Of about 1K seedlings that I grow only two show some variegation. One of them is 'Spellbinder' x rex with a weird yellow pattern repeated on the newly emerging leaves.