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shaped pale mauve blooms have a dark flare in the upper lobes. (Seidel
1926) 8”- 10”
Hummingbird (R. haematodes x R. williamsianum)
Sun or Part Shade Semi-Dwarf 30” Mid-April Pink 0°F.
Pink flowers are arranged in laxed trusses of pendular trumpets, which
are produced with great profusion and remarkable radiance. All are daintily
poised above a beautiful canopy of rounded dark forest green leaves
with an undercarriage to suggest a hint of indumentum. This broadly
branching plant is handsomely clad with dense foliage. (William 1933)
(Fall 2014) 6”- 8”
Ilam Violet (R. augustinii 'Electra' x R. russatum)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3' Late April Violet Blue 0°F.
An upright, spreading plant has fine multi-branching stems with smaller
lance-like dark green leaves that are held for 3 years. The smaller bright
violet-blue flowers are openly funnel shaped and put on quite a show. It
buds young and consistently. (Stead 1947) 8”- 10”
Impi (R. sanguineum s.s. didymum x Moser’s Maroon)
Some Shade Medium 4’ Mid-June Black-Red +5°F.
Lustrous black-red bloom clusters are held in somewhat laxed form,
amply covering medium-size sage green leaves that silhouette a dense,
compact and spreading plant. (Rothschild 1945) 6”- 8”
∗Impressions Golden Torch x (Goldfort x Odee Wright)
Sun/Pt. Shade Semi-Dwf. 2½” Early May Pink/CreamYellow -5°F.
An award winning Eastern hybrid that will live up to its name.
Large lightly scented dome-shaped blooms have pale pink wavyedged
margins that transition in color to a very pale creamy throat,
all of which are highlighted by a wonderfully brilliant yellow flare
within and a large 3½” calyx. This dense, well-branching superstructure
is beautifully silhouetted with glossy dark green leaves held for
2 years +. (Furman 2003) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
∗Independence Day (Unknown - may include R. maximum)
Sun/Pt. Shade Medium 4' Late June Red/Dark Eye -5°F.
This is one of the few plants that will actually bloom on July 4th. A
rounded, well branching, moundlike plant covered with smooth-textured
fern green leaves retained for 3 years. The ball-shaped red blooms transcend
to a pale pink throat eclipsed with a dark red eye. (Waterer, 1915)
8”- 10”, 12”- 15”
Ingrid Melhquist (R. yakushimanum x Besse Howells)
Sun Semi-Dwarf 2’ Mid-May Pink White -20°F.
A lovely plant named for a lovely lady. Beautiful stately pink blooms
fade to a flushed pink, which adds to its rich floral character. This compact
and dense plant is silhouetted with well-furnished deep sage green
leaves above and some bronze indumentum below. (Melhquist 1995)
10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
∗Intrifast (R. intricatum x R. fastigiatum)
Sun or Part Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ Mid-April Blue -15°F.
A compact, broadly branching plant with blue-green foliage bearing
small widely funnel-shaped bright violet-blue bells, daintily poised in
loose clusters of great profusion. (Lowinsky, 1958) 8”- 10”, 10”- 12”
∗Invitation (Anita Dunstan x Lem’s Cameo)
Sun/Part Shade Low 3’ Late April Pink Yellow 0°F.
This plant produces buds as a real youngster, in fact it displays a prodigious
array of deep red buds that open to pale yellow-pink blooms that
transcends to pale green-yellow in the throat accented with red freckling
within. Outside each flower is painted the hues of dusty pink to strong
pink midribs. This rounded well-branching plant holds leaves for 2 years.
(Barlup 1996) 12”- 15”
Irene Stead - See Loderi Irene Stead
Isola Bella (R. dauricum ‘Arctic Pearl selfed) x (R. fletcheranum
‘Yellow Bunting’)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late March Pink/White 0°F.
A pink cloud of small rounded blooms transition to a blush white with
restrained pale yellow-green freckling on the upper doral lobes. A parade
of dark green leaves are produced with great passion to framework a
well-branching, upright superstructure. (Bruecknew, Weafle) 10”- 12”
Ivanhoe (Chanticleer x R. griersonianum)
Some Shade Tall 6’ Early May Red +5°F.
This upright moderately branching plant grows somewhat open with an
informal growth habit. Pruning from time to time will curtail its meandering
ways. Handsome ball-shaped red blooms are classically poised
above this statuesque plant for additional ornamentation. (Rothschild
1941) 15”- 18”
∗Jalipeno [(Fabia x R. haematodes) x Earl of Athlone) x Jean Marie de
Montague]
Sun or Part Shade Low 4’ Early May Red +5°F.
This handsome plant warms a spot in your garden, as it generously produces
rounded red blooms displayed in clusters up to 18 with brown
freckling and nectaries within. Dense, medium-sized leaves nicely shelter
this compact and restrained plant that grows wider than tall. This
plant buds very young and consistantly thereafter. (Goheen 1976) 8”-
10”, 10”- 12”
Jan Dekens (Unknown)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5’ Mid-May Pink -5°F.
Large conical-shaped pink blooms with slightly darker frilly-margins
and red dorsal freckling, are classically presented on a heavily mantled
plant with thick and vigorous stems that support matte green leaves with
a slight twist to them. (Blaauw 1940) 12”- 15”
Janet Blair (Unknown Dexter hybrid ?) (Diploid)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Mid-May Pink -5°F.
Lustrous deep green leaves beautifully silhouette this sturdy wellbranching
superstructure, which gracefully bears pale pink frilly-edged
blooms with a green flare on the upper lobes. (Leach 1962) 12”- 15”
Jean Marie de Montague (R. griffithianum x) (Diploid)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4' Early May Red 0°F.
This plant is one of the most successful and popular varieties grown in
the Northwest or perhaps the World. A beautifully rounded, compact
plant with large dark green leaves, flaunt bright prolific ball-shaped red
blooms that delights the home gardener every year. It propagates easily
and buds young. With age, additional shaping may be necessary. (C. B.
van Nes & Sons) 8”- 10” thru 24”- 30”
Jeanne Church (R. macabeanum x Unique)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Early April Yellow-Pink -5°F.
Another unique import from New Zealand, featuring prominent pink
buds that open to globe-shaped, long-lasting, veiled pink flowers that
wane with age to a cream-yellow, underscored with a showy red eye in
the throat. A vigorous plant with stiff, strong branching and textured dark
jade green leaves, deeply veined, displays a variety of leaf sizes from 4”
to 7” long. (N.Z. Rhodo. Society 1982) 10”- 12”
Jennica ([Anna x unnamed Lem’s fortunei hybrid] x R. yakushimanum
‘Siouxon’)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-April Pale Lavender 0°F.
Bright cercise-red buds open to accentuate dome-shaped trusses with 5
wavy-edges of pale lavender throughout, while eclipsed by a strong red
eye in the throat. This dense, mounding plant is amply clothed with semiglossy
dark olive green leaves above that interface with pale yellowish
beige juvenile foliage that moderates in time to suede-like amber indumentum
beneath. (Barlup 1999) 10”- 12”
∗Jessie’s Song (Nancy Evans x Golden Anniversary)
Sun Low 3’ Early May Pink Yellow 0°F.
Strong rosy-pink buds unfurl to wavy-edged dusty pink margins that
moderate to a pale yellow-green throat highlighted with a deep red flare
within. The well-formed and well-proportioned plant holds dark green
leaves for 2 years. (Barlup 1996) 8”- 10”
Jim’s Blueberry Jam ((R. yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ x Burgundy)
x Blue Pacific
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Early May Magenta-Blue 0°F.
Semi-glossy, deep forest green leaves densely cover this upright
somewhat spreading plant. Bright magenta buds unfurl to show-off
ball-shaped blooms with beautiful deep violet, wavy-edged margins
that transcend to a magenta-blue throat and deep brown flare/freckling
on the upper lobes. Blooms are 5” high and 6” wide and color-
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