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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2019, 07:26:28 PM »
Is it a Rhododendron or an Azalea? Had this one for a lot of years but have never had a label.

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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2019, 10:06:34 AM »
 Yes!  All azaleas are rhodos, but  not all rhodos are azaleas!  It  is  an Azalea  in so far  as it would  be  sold as  such.
 There  is usually  a  distinct "look" to an azalea especially  in the  flowers and  foliage, whether evergreen or  deciduous, which identifies it as an azalea as opposed to a  rhodo.  Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly the former sections Tsutsuji (evergreen) and Pentanthera (deciduous).
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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #17 on: April 22, 2019, 04:38:08 PM »
Rhododendron concinnum, a very small plant I won as a raffle prize quite a few years ago now and flowering for the first time for me.

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Rhododendron keiskei 'Ginny Gee' or at least I think it is but lost label so it might have been R. k. 'Wee Bee'

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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #18 on: April 22, 2019, 04:42:36 PM »
Rhododendron luteum (or Azalea?) had this one for a long time so it might have a cultivar name also.

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Not sure where to put this one, Cassiope 'Edinburgh'

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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #19 on: April 22, 2019, 06:44:29 PM »
That would be 'Ginny Gee'.

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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #20 on: April 22, 2019, 07:11:17 PM »
That would be 'Ginny Gee'.

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Cheers John.
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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #21 on: April 22, 2019, 08:21:45 PM »

Rh. ‘Joachim reich’ from the middle of March.

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Rh. (Lost label) any thoughts anyone?
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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2019, 08:28:55 PM »
Graham - The yellow could be 'Patty Bee'.

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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #23 on: April 22, 2019, 08:41:45 PM »
Thanks John. I have a vague memory that the name began with a W (definitely not Wren) but I don’t know why I think that.
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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2019, 08:47:50 PM »

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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2019, 08:51:58 PM »
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Rh. carolinianum ‘Dora Amateis’

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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #26 on: April 22, 2019, 09:11:17 PM »
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Rh. megeratum ‘Bodnant form’ and St Merryn’
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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #27 on: April 23, 2019, 01:03:22 AM »
Is it a Rhododendron or an Azalea? Had this one for a lot of years but have never had a label.

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David  - These evergreen azaleas are very difficult - nay impossible - to identify save for a few very distinct ones.   I'll stick my neck out and say it might be Diamant Purpur, one of a number of German evergreen azaleas in the Diamant Series bred by Fleischman.  They are great performers but are not often seen for sale these days.

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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #28 on: April 23, 2019, 01:23:55 AM »
Thanks John. I have a vague memory that the name began with a W (definitely not Wren) but I don’t know why I think that.

Graham - I'm fairly certain it's 'Patty Bee'. Glendoick did 'Widgeon' but it's pink, 'Wren' it's not, that would leave 'Wagtail' which I have here and it's almost prostrate, the flowers are quite reminiscent of lowndesii. It can be deciduous after cold winters. Can't recall any other Ws from Glendoick.

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Re: Rhododendron 2019
« Reply #29 on: April 23, 2019, 08:46:34 AM »
David  - These evergreen azaleas are very difficult - nay impossible - to identify save for a few very distinct ones.   I'll stick my neck out and say it might be Diamant Purpur, one of a number of German evergreen azaleas in the Diamant Series bred by Fleischman.  They are great performers but are not often seen for sale these days.

john

Thanks John. I know that I bought it from Burncoose many years ago, I'll have a look at their current catalogue and see if I can find any clues.
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