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Everred (R. neriiflorum Rosevallon x)
Sun or Part Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ Late April Red 0°F.
A new International introduction shows off stunning purple-red
leaves above as well as below. This mult-branching rounded plant
has a periphery of dense semi-glossy leaves that are held for 3 years.
Laxed-shaped bright red blooms have dark freckling in the throat.
(Glendoick, Cox) (Fall 2014) 8”- 10”
Excelsior (R. degronianum ssp. yakushimanum hybrid)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Pink -10°F.
A prodigious display of deep rosy pink buds open to show off rounded
pink wavy-edged blooms that fade to a blush pink/white. This tough new
German hybrid displays a mounding superstructure that grows wider
than tall and is beautifully circumvented with thick deep green leaves
above and fawn colored indumentum below. (Heinje) 12”- 15”
Extraordinaire (Gold Medal & Olin O. Dobbs)
Sun /Part Shade Medium 5’ Early May Creamy Pink -5°F.
This hybrid exhibits a bounty of rose-colored buds that unfurl to present
pink margins that transcend to a creamy throat, accented by a very
prominent red eye and nuances of pale yellow within. As the bloom
slowly ages, the colors fade to a creamy-pink. Well-furnished dark green
leaves nicely shroud this rounded superstructure. (Greer 1994) 8”- 10”
∗Fabia (R. dichroanthum x R. griersonianum)
Some Shade Low 3' Mid-May Salmon Orange +5°F.
This moundlike and well branching plant with smooth-textured matte
green leaves is handsomely covered by loose hanging bell-like salmonorange
flowers skirted by a small calyx that offers something unique for
the garden. (Aberconway 1934) 10”- 12”
Faggetter’s Favorite (R. fortunei x)
Some Shade Tall 6’ Late April Scented Pink 0°F.
These dome-shaped cream flowers, blushed pink have bronze spotting in
the throat. The growth habit is upright and spreading with beautifully
large dark green leaves. Buds as a 4-5 year old and consistently thereafter.
(W.C. Slocock 1933?) 8”- 10”
∗Fantastica (Mars x R. yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada')
Some Shade Low 3' Mid-May Red Pink -15°F.
Bright red buds open to large well-formed, elegant trusses of conical
outline with glowing red outer flower margins and lighter pink-white
within. The magnificent trusses are long lasting, and completely cover
this moundlike plant clad with a bounty of dark green leaves. (Hachmann
1983) 8”- 10” thru 12”- 15”
∗Fastuosum Flore Pleno (R. catawbiense x R. ponticum)
Sun Tall 6' Mid-May Lavender Semi-double -10°F.
The dome-shaped trusses of semi-double lavender flowers with a yellow
eye have a long-lasting bloom, and great public appeal. The somewhat
open and upright growth has slightly elliptical convex green leaves.
(Gehr, Francoisi, Ghent + 1846) 10”- 12” thru 15”- 18”
Fat Besse (A sport of Besse Howells)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Magenta -15°F.
An abundance of large matte olive green leaves are displayed on a
widely branching, rounded plant. Above this leafy canopy is a mulitude
of deep magenta buds that unfurl to present magenta-blue ball-shaped
blooms with ruffled margins and some dark freckling within. (Briggs)
8”- 12”
Firecracker (Mars x America) x Mars x Scarlet Blast)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Late May Red -15°F.
Fiery red ball-shaped blooms with dark freckling within, are exhibited on
a rounded, dense and compact plant, nicely blanketed with well-furnished
dark olive green leaves. (Pride) 10”- 12”
Fireman Jeff (Jean Marie de Montague x Grosclaude)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Early May Red 0°F.
A rounded well-proportioned plant, handsomely ornamented with dense
matte green leaves above, interfaced with slight cinnamon indumentum
below. This plant produces a bounty of fire engine red blooms enhanced
with a calyx, nearly as large as each flower itself. (Brandt, jEichelser
1977) 8”- 10”
∗Fire Rim (Nancy Evans x Pink Petticoats)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Early May Magenta Yellow +3°F.
This exciting new hybrid produces a prodigious array of bright red buds
that open to frilly-edged magenta blooms that transcend to a light yellow
throat with red freckling within. These stately ball-shaped blooms have
a wonderful sophisticated elegance. The widely branched plant is
shrouded with good-looking dark olive green leaves. (J. Barlup 1996)
8”- 10” thru 12”- 15”
Firestorm (Vulcan x Chocolate Soldier)
Sun Low 3’ Mid-May Red -25°F.
A profusion of buds unfurl to display majestic red ball-shaped blooms,
full of substance, ornamenting this dense, broadly branching, mounding
plant, generously frameworked with matte green leaves. (Mehlquist
1991) 12”- 15”
First Impressions (Independence Day x Mrs. Furnival)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Mid-May Pink -5°F.
A great profusion of bright magenta-red buds open to feature
rounded pale purplish-pink blooms with a creamy-white throat and
deep magenta margins, all highlighted with a large prominent deep
magenta-red flare and freckling on the upper dorsal lobes. Moderate
purplish-pink midribs and margins also enhance this large 6”
bloom. Broadly elliptic deep olive green leaves silhouette this widely
branching plant. (Barlup 2008) 8”- 10”
∗Flaming Comet (Ring of Fire x Lem’s Cameo)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5’ Mid-May Cream Red 0°F.
Ball-shaped creamy yellow blooms are highlighted by frilly-edged red
margins. This parade of color nearly obscures the leafy green undercarriage
of dark green leaves that ornament this upright growing, well-proportioned
plant. (Thompson) 12”- 15”
∗Flaming Star (Ring of Fire x Lem’s Cameo)
Sun/Part Shade Medium 5’ Mid-May Cream/Red-Orange 0°F.
Yellow ball-shaped blooms are stunningly accented by vivid red-orange
margins that really highlight this well-proportioned and amply furnished
upright growing plant that exhibits a periphery of deep moss green
leaves. (Thompson 1996) 12”- 15”
Fragrans (R. catawbiense x R viscosum)
Some Shade Low 3’ Early June Lavender/White -10°F.
This rounded plant is silhouetted with fragrant lavender blooms with a
white throat. This plant is classified as an azaleadendron which is a cross
between a rhododendron and a deciduous azalea. It’s hybridization took
place 200 years ago. This well-branching superstructure is frameworked
with small greenish white leaves head for only one year. (Paxton, of
Chandler & Sons 1843) 6”- 8”
∗Fragrant Red (Venus Group x The Honourable Jean Marie de
Montague)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Mid-April Fragrant Red +5°F.
Bright fuchsia buds open to exhibit brilliant fuchsia ball-shaped blooms
that are additionally ornamented with two very dark ruby-red flares on
the upper dorsal lobes, plus a wonderful fragrance. This historic plant is
one of the first fragrant red rhododendrons in the annals of hybridizing.
Glossy forest green leaves are produced in abundance while blanketing
this upright, well branching canopy. This plant buds young and generously.
(Watson 1995) 10”- 12”
Francesca (Britannia x Dexter #202)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Mid-May Red -10°F.
Rarely does the U.S. Patent Office patent rhododendrons, however this
is one of those exceptions. This wonderful jewel exhibits a profusion of
buds that open to parade a very dark template of black-red, after which
ball-shaped vivid scarlet-red stately blooms emerge and are poised above
large matte green leaves covering a well-branching somewhat meandering
plant. (Consolini, Savella 1971) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
∗Frank Galsworthy (R. ponticum x)
Some Shade Low 4' Mid-May Purple/Gold Eye -5°F.
This bloom always attracts attention with its stunning ball-shaped deep
purple flowers accentuated by a yellow eye in the upper throat. The dull
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