Rhododendron... every garden should have some

[Hoy]

Trond  - Rhodo 1 could be wardii itself or what was once puralbum.

Can you take a look at this rhodo which I discovered on a campus a few weeks ago?  We think it may be Karin, it's a bit rosier than the photos show.

johnw

John and Maggi, I think you are right in supposing some wardii blood in it, but it is certainly not puralbum as it is yellow, more than the picture shows and more than cream, rather pale lemon. I think I got it either as wardii or a wardii cross. At that time I was looking for the real wardii. This one was a bit disappointing as it was too pale and lacked the red blotch.

I think Maggi is right in suggesting that your plant is Linda, and not Karin - if mine is correctly named! It is a little different from yours, especially the leaves. Colour is difficult to say anything about.

[johnw]

Trond - R. wardii v. puralbum is indeed white as Maggi says and it was white here.  Cox says it is closer to and not as hardy as souliei, pink in bud fading to white and unblotched.  The yellow to land is LS7T#5679, still my favourite but as Jens will agree you best buy it in flower as who knows what is sold or propagated with that number these days.

Maggi & Trond - I check it out that campus plant against LInda.

Thanks

john

[birck j c]

First thanks to the moderator and John W for quick help to get back to the forum

I have been very curious to see a photo of the (aureum x lanigerum) hybrid
with amazing 35 flower in the truss , it seems that 25% aureum have giving more hardiness.
One have been told that aureum schould be avoid in hybrids.

Enclosed a photo of my 4 yrs old Goldsprenkel x Nikomontanum
(Nikomontanum =  aureum x brachycaroum)
Again here 25% aureum included so this may be the way to do it.

And John W You are absolut right  about the wardii

birck

[birck j c]

Here some shots from yhe last days:

163   ( Nancy Evans x (Bambi x proteoides)#15)
244   roxieanum
256   heliolepis own coll.
311   Fantastika x lanatum
780   Scotian Rosebud

birck

[birck j c]

And one more!

Tessa Dane in morning light
birck

[Graham Catlow]

This Rhododendron camtschaticum is running wild its just a pity it hasn't flowered as well as it's growing.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Still looking great Graham !

Out here, Rhododendron yakushimanum is at it's peak.... and R. kiusianum is just a wee bit smaller... 

[johnralphcarpenter]

Visited the Rhododendron Garden at Bowood House, Wiltshire on Monday. 65 acres of magnificence! According to the website "This is a spectacular attraction offering breathtaking vistas of colour and beauty covering over 60 acres.  This woodland oasis of azaleas, magnolias and rhododendrons is considered to be one of the most exciting gardens of its type in the country; it lies on a seam of greensand running from Poole in Dorset to The Wash on the East Coast.
 
The woodland garden surrounds the family mausoleum, one of Robert Adam’s finest Classical buildings, which was commissioned in 1761 by the widow of the 1st Earl of Shelburne, who purchased Bowood in 1754.
 
Recently, the Rhododendron Walks have been the subject of one of the most exciting and significant horticultural finds – over 30 original hardy hybrids which were thought to be extinct.  The original plants date back to when the garden was first planted by the 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne in 1854.  The present Lord Lansdowne’s great grandfather substantially expanded the garden on his return from being Viceroy in India.  Most of the species originate from the Himalayas.  Successive generations have continued to add to the collection."

[johnralphcarpenter]

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[Maggi Young]

Great garden, Ralph- a pleasure to see round in your company.

P.S. Thanks for the stamps, much appreciated!

[Lesley Cox]

Why is the lovely Angie near Aberdeen not posting a picture - or several - of 'Elizabeth Lockhart?' When I saw this fantastic thing in her garden I would happily have lain down and died, if it were not for the others I would have squashed. Such a glowing and glorious red, jewel or stained glass-like and not like any other red I've seen. I brought a plant home in 1981 but it was not mine, but one of a group I was carrying for a friend who was staying on a bit longer in the UK. That friend now lives in Australia, the hotter part and I've no idea where the gorgeous Elizabeth is, or if she is still in this world. I have pics myself, from Angie's garden but they don't do the rhodo justice. I'll see what I can do though because it is an amazing plant. I don't think it has ever been offered in New Zealand.

[Roma]

Two weeks ago I visited Kildrummy Castle Garden on a bus trip with the Friends of Cruickshank Garden.
It was a bright sunny day so some pictures didn't come out too well.  There were some lovely rhododendrons.
This red one was a real showstopper. .  The colour is a deeper red than shown.

Rhododendron 'Hummingbird'   Thanks John W. (and Ken Cox) for ID
Rhododendron concatenens