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Amber Touch (Nadia x [Brinny x Whitney Late Frilled Yellow])
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Salmon Yellow 0°F.
This plant is densely clad in lustrous deep green leaves that gracefully
cover a well-branching rounded plant. Iridescent ball-shaped flowers of
salmon yellow are beautifully animated with wavy-edges of soft yellow,
additionally highlighted by a showy reddish throat and salmon colored
spokes that radiate from the throat to the flowers edge. (Barlup 1996)
10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Amy (R. griffithianum hybrid)
Sun Medium 5’ Mid-May Rosy-Pink -5°F.
This elegant century old English hyrid has a very inviting appearance, as
it displays generously produced deep green leaves that framework this
vigorous well-branching plant. Large and showy rosy-pink ball-shaped
blooms beautifully mantle this shrub. (Waterer, Sons & Crisp) 10”- 12”
∗Anah Kruschke (R. ponticum seedling)
Sun & Heat Medium 5' Late May Lavender Blue -15°F.
Very sun tolerant. An attractive foliage plant, dense, compact and
bushy. The smooth-textured dark green leaves are held for 3 years. The
full dome trusses are lavender-blue with freckling within. It buds young,
consistently and propagates easily. (Kruschke, Wright, Sr. & Jr. 1973)
6”- 8” thru 24”- 30”
Anna (Norman Gill x Jean Marie de Montague) (Diploid)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Mid-May Rosy Pink 0°F.
This more upright and spreading plant is canopied by deep rich green
leaves that are beautifully presented and abundantly produced. Classically
poised above this canopy are dark rosy-pink blooms that fade with age
to hues of medium/pastel pink, each highlighted by a distinctive red eye.
After the seasonal evolution of color concludes, new juvenile bronzycolored
foliage emerges and finally hardens off to this canopy of traditional
rich green. (Rose, Lem 1952) (Fall 2014) 6”- 8”
Anna H. Hall (R. catawbiense var. Album 'Glass' x R. yakushimanum)
Sun Low 3' Early May Blush White -25°F.
This compact, moundlike, amply clothed plant has elliptic, smooth-textured
dark olive green leaves with woolly beige indumentum. The opulent
pink buds open to blushed white, full dome-shaped trusses of 15
flowers. (Leach 1962) 8”- 10”
∗Anna Rose Whitney (R. griersonianum x Countess of Derby)
(Triploid)
Sun Tall 6' Late May Rosy Pink 0°F.
About 1930, while living in Camas, Washington, Bill Whitney befriended
Theodore Van Veen, Sr., of Portland, Oregon. According to Faye
Whitney, Bill made the actual cross of Anna Rose Whitney. However,
Van Veen grew out the seed, from which Bill and Faye purchased the
superior seedling for $20.00. Bill later registered and named the plant
after his mother. The large globe-shaped blooms are classically poised
above matte medium green leaves attached to stiff, multi-branching
stems that grow into a vigorous, upright and spreading plant. It buds as
a 4-5 year old plant and consistently thereafter. (Van Veen, Whitney
1954) 6”- 8” thru 30”- 36"
∗Anna Vojtec (R. keiskei ‘Yaku Fairy’ x Unknown)
Sun Dwarf 1’ Mid-April Cream -10°F.
An elegant foliage plant with small and dense rich green leaves held for
3 years. Loose clusters of cream-colored blooms, produced with remarkable
freedom and abundance, are daintily poised above this rounded,
well-branching silhouette. (Foster) 8”- 10” thru 12”- 15”
∗Anne's Delight (Parentage Unknown)
Sun Low 3' Late April Yellow 0°F.
The bloom is a full dome truss with 14 flowers of medium yellow of
good substance with red spotting in the dorsal lobes. Amply produced
foliage is glossy dark green with a slight wave to each leaf. The plant
growth habit is compact and spreading. (Whitney, Sather 1985)
8”- 10”, 10”- 12”
Antique Yellow (Unknown)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Mid-May Yellow 0°F.
Mel Sanders of Roseburg, Oregon has been hybridizing for many years
and this is one of his many prodigies. Salmon-toned golden buds open to
present larger medium yellow rounded blooms highlighted with golden
tones in the throat plus a large red flare in the upper dorsal. The lustrous
deep green leaves are beautifully presented and amply produced circumventing
a very rounded, well-branching plant. (Sanders) 10”- 12”
Apollo Touch (Nancy Evans x Mrs. Furnival)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late April Pink/Yellow 0°F.
Bright coral buds open to reveal rounded yellow blooms that transition
to pale purplish-pink wavy-edged margins highlighted by a
larger brick red flare/freckling in the throat. Pale pink midribs
extend from the throat to the margins and a small calyx also ornaments
this 5” bloom. Matte forest green leaves are held for 2 years.
(Barlup, Johnson 2005) 10”- 12”
Apricot Fantasy (Hotei x Tropicana)
Sun/Pt. Shade Medium 4’ Early May Peach-Amber -5°F.
Orange buds open to ball-shaped trusses bordered in pale peach transcending
to golden amber in the throat, with scarlet freckling enhanced
by a large calyx. This upright, spreading plant has ample medium
olive-green leaves. (Brockenbrough 1987) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Arabella (R. yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ x Kluis Sensation)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Pink/White -5°F.
Ball-shaped blooms have a narrow band of deep rosy-pink ruffled edging
that quickly transcends to blush white within, along with red freckling on
the dorsal lobes. Deep matte olive-green leaves generously mantle this
well-branching rounded superstructure. Leaves have beige indumentum
beneath as well as juvenile growth with pale beige overtones. (Benannt
1986) 10”- 12”
Aroma from Tacoma (Naomi x Loderi King George)
Some Shade Tall 6’ Early May Fragrant Pink 0°F.
Since the city of Tacoma has always been given a bad rap for its many
unfortunate odors, we thought this was a great tribute to its’ clean-up
efforts. Large fragrant pink blooms systematically blanket this strong,
upright growing plant with typical Loderi-shaped leaves that totally
inundate this tree-like cultivar. (Larson) 6”- 8”
Augie Kehr (Queen Anne’s x Golden Star)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Early May Double Yellow 0°F.
A bounty of ball-shaped blooms have 13-15 flowers each and measure
6” wide and 3” high. However the most remarkable feature is being a full
double of medium yellow that is ornamented with wavy-edges and a
small ¼” calyx. The well-branching, more upright growing plant is heavily
frameworked with a periphery of glossy deep jade green leaves held
for 3 years. (Kehr 1994) 8”- 10”
August Lamken (Dr. V. H. Rutgers x R. williamsianum) (Triploid)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3' Early May Rose -5°F.
Splendid blooms of frilled rosy-red with spotting in the throat silhouette
this widely spreading compact plant. The rounded mahogany juvenile
spring leaves gradually matures to a dark olive green of summer.
(Hobbie 1971) (Fall 2014) 6”- 8”
August Van Geerte (R. poniticum x Unknown)
Sun & Heat Tall 6' Late April Lavender-Purple 0°F.
This century old plant is very sun and heat tolerant and should be used
in a hedge, for it retains an ample production of rich deep green leaves
that silhouette an upright moderate branching infrastructure. Rounded
bunches of lavender flowers additionally animate this majestic plant.
(Van Geerte, 1867) 10”- 12”, 15"- 18"
Autumn Gold (R. discolor x Fabia)
Sun of Part Shade Medium 5’ Late May Salmon 0°F.
The growth habit silhouettes a broad, somewhat upright and wellbranching
plant with moss green foliage that is retained for 2 years.
Beautiful salmon orange blooms are rather laxed in character. (Van
Veen, Sr. 1956) (Fall 2014) 6”- 8”
Avalanche (Loderi Grex x R. calophytum)
Some Shade Tall 6’ Late March Fragrant White 0°F.
This plant is a rather rare plant to locate, as most propagators face challenges
in rooting it. We are at times successful. Large meduim green
leaves are exhibited only one year on this plant, however this leafy canopy
silhouettes a well-branching rounded promenade. Large flat-topped
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