Rhododendron 2020

[Maggi Young]

I'm not sure what the second one is?

Looks  like  'Curlew'   a  reliable  plant  which flowers  several times a  year  here  in Aberdeen!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Looks  like  'Curlew'   a  reliable  plant  which flowers  several times a  year  here  in Aberdeen!

A little beauty David !

This hybrid is a tad bigger    It's an old hybrid named Rhododendron 'Gartendirektor Rieger' - an early and reliable flowerer but always in danger of nightfrosts.
This year, he escaped the frosts by 2 or 3 days.  The reward is shown.

[Maggi Young]

Rhododendron 'Gartendirektor Rieger' is  making  a  superb display  for  you, Luc!

[johnw]

A little beauty David !

This hybrid is a tad bigger    It's an old hybrid named Rhododendron 'Gartendirektor Rieger' - an early and reliable flowerer but always in danger of nightfrosts.
This year, he escaped the frosts by 2 or 3 days.  The reward is shown.

A treasure Luc!  The Danes tell me it's easy to root and more importantly you can graft Taliensia spp. as well as yellows on it without rejection.  johnw

[David Nicholson]

Looks  like  'Curlew'   a  reliable  plant  which flowers  several times a  year  here  in Aberdeen!

Cheers Maggi.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks Maggi & John, it really is an asset for the garden.  I think it's been there for over 15 years and it's 2 m high and abt 2.5 m wide - when in full flower, it's hard to see any leaves at all.  As I wrote, as it's quite early, it is quite vulnarable to night frost.  One night at -1°C and you have black flowers after a few hours.

[David Nicholson]

That sure is some plant Luc.

[David Nicholson]

Not the sort of day to get good colour pictures.

Rhododendron 'Gartendirector Glocker'



Rhododendron 'Winsome'

[Roma]

Rhododendron augustinii
I keep thinking I should remove it as the flowers always get frosted.  This year some flowers on the west side have escaped. It is such a lovely blue when it does manage to open some flowers.

[Claire Cockcroft]

Can anyone tell me about this rhody, 'Chief Joseph'?  I bought it at the Washington Park Arboretum in 2009.  It languished in a small pot for several years until I finally planted it out.  So far, it has stayed small.  I haven't found any information on the internet.

Thanks!

[johnw]

Can anyone tell me about this rhody, 'Chief Joseph'?  I bought it at the Washington Park Arboretum in 2009.  It languished in a small pot for several years until I finally planted it out.  So far, it has stayed small.  I haven't found any information on the internet. Thanks!  (Attachment Link)  

Claire - It's a hybrid by Joesph Witt of Seattle, just down the road from you.  The parentage is (dichroanthum ssp. scyphocalyx x ('Rubina'' x'Fabia').  Rated at medium height so under 2m.  Witt was obviously trying to produce an orange or salmon.

john

[Claire Cockcroft]

Thanks so much for the information.  I never met Joseph Witt but knew his wife Jean very well.

It may have to move if it tops out at 2 meters.

...Claire

[TC]

Rhododendron augustinii
I keep thinking I should remove it as the flowers always get frosted.  This year some flowers on the west side have escaped. It is such a lovely blue when it does manage to open some flowers.

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Roma, I would be very careful with trying to move an augustinii.  I tried it with one of mine and it snapped off halfway down the stem.  The wood is not supple and does not like being bent, as I found out to my cost.

[Roma]

Tom, when I said remove I meant dispose of rather than move to another location   I am enjoying the flowers on the NW quarter of the bush so it's safe for another year, probably much longer.  I had to prune it drastically in 2011 after the severe winter so I think it would probably survive being cut back by half if necessary.

[David Nicholson]

Rhododendron concinnum. This was a raffle win a couple of years ago at one of our AGS Local Group meetings (I like plants that don't mean my spending any money ). It was probably provided by Barry Starling.