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wise, certainly reminds you of “Blueberry Jam.” (Fujioka 2007)
10”- 12”
Jingle Bells (Lem’s Goal x Fabia)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Red/Yellow +5°F.
A compact and rounded, multi-branching plant decorated with a beautiful
canopy of Christmas greenery, additionally ornamented with a wonderful
glittering parade of red bells that wane with age to a creamy
opulence transformed by a little Christmas magic. (Lem, Elliot 1974)
10”- 12”
Jonathon Shaw (Melanie Shaw x Brenda Lee)
Sun/Pt. Shade Low 3’ Late May Purple Magenta -10°F.
A virtual cloudburst of vivid purple blooms, rounded and wavy-edged,
shaded to a striking magenta throat and highlighted with a prominent
black eye on the upper lobe, all majestially paraded above matte jade
green leaves with a slight twist, that fully cover this dense, well-branching
silhouette. (Leonard 1989) 10’- 12”
John’s Soft Peach (Apricot Fantasy x Lemon Marmalade)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Late June Peach +5°F.
A wealth of bright peach-salmon buds unfurl to show-off a soft
peach colored throat, contrasted with bright ginger peach frillyedged
margins. The ball-shaped bloom (6”-7” high by 7”-8” wide) is
also animated with a large 1” calyx of bright ginger peach. The wellbranching,
upright superstructure is beautifully canopied with semiglossy
moderate olive green leaves that are held for 3 years. The
plant habit is somewhat more upright than spreading. (Smith, Irmie
2002) 10”- 12”
John T. Meagher (R. brachycarpum ssp. tigerstedtii x Mrs. T. H.
Lowinsky)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Mid-June White/Brown Eye -10°F.
White buds tipped with medium lavender edges open to present rounded
wavy-edged lavender margins that rapidly change to white eclipsed with
a very prominent brown flare, faintly infused with hues of sunny yellow.
Blooms measure 5” high by 7” wide with a minimal calyx and are hardy
to -10°F. while the plant is hardy to -20°F. Dense, glossy elliptically
shaped deep olive-green leaves are held for 2 years frameworking a
shrub that grows 5’ high by 8’ wide. (Hinton, Meagher, Weafle 2002)
10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Juan de Fuca (Blue Ensign x R. ponticum)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Late May Lilac-Blue -15°F.
A bounty of openly funnel-shaped lilac-blue ball-shaped blooms have a
deep red eye/freckling in the throat. The glossy dark forest green leaves
are retained for 3 years, silhouetting an upright, spreading and wellbranching
plant. (Larson 1977) 12”- 15”
Julia Caroline (Horizon Lakeside x Point Defiance) (Triploid)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5’ Early May Blush Pink 0°F.
Well-branching, sturdy stems embrace large 6”- 7” elliptically rounded,
semi-glossy emerald green leaves held for 2-3 years. Above this leafy
canopy emerges bright purple-red buds that open to large 6” ball-shaped
blooms of white enhanced with a red eye combined with a pale yellow
dorsal flare, all contrasted with an outside flower color of very blush
pink. (Brockenbrough, Nelson 2005) 12”- 15”
∗June Bee (R. keiskei prostrate selection x Mary Fleming)
Sun or Part Shade Dwarf 2’ Early April White -15°F.
A fine, broadly branched plant, densely frameworked with small elliptic
dark green leaves above with brown scales below. Beautifully poised
above this mantle of green is a multitude of small white funnel-shaped
blooms with a pale pink ribbon of color displayed on the outside of the
dorsal lobes. (Berg, Sinclair 1955) 6”- 8”, 12”- 15”
∗Junifeuer (June Fire) (Mary Waterer x Moser’s Maroon)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Early June Red -10°F.
Classically poised above this amply furnished deep green leafy background
are dark rosy-red ball-shaped blooms that transition to a
blush white throat and are eclipsed with a yellow-gold flare along
with red freckling on the dorsal lobes. This well-branching, dense
superstructure parades a wider than tall silhouette while also showing
off rich maroon-red juvenile foliage of early summer. This
German hybrid extends the blooming season. (Hachmann 1983)
10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Kabarett (Hyperion x Diadem)
Sun Medium 4’ May Purple Pink -15°F.
Abundantly produced deep forest green leaves measure 4” long by 2”
wide and beautifully mantle well-branching sturdy reddish stems. This
handsome leafy periphery superstuctures a rounded, well-built plant that
becomes smothered by ball-shaped blooms of purple-pink underscored
with lilac and accented by red freckling on the upper lobes. (Hachmann
1997) 10”- 12”
Kalamaika (Edeltraud x Progres)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Early May Pink -12°F.
Bright red freckling is superimposed over an extremely large dark blood
red flare that highlights this bright medium pink ball-shaped bloom. Of
the 5 flower lobes, the dorsal lobe is completely engulfed while the other
2 have only half exposure. Deep olive green elliptially rounded leaves
are generously produced while covering a well-branching upright carriage.
(Hachmann 1990) 12”- 15”
Kalinka Morgenrot x (Mars x R yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’)
Sun Low 3’ Mid-May Rosy Pink -10°F.
A good-looking dense and mounding plant shrouded with dark green
leaves above and brownish felt-type indumentum below. Bright red buds
unfurl to a dazzling rosy-pink cloud of blooms with darker wavy-edging
and golden freckling. A wounderful specimen plant with age. (Hachmann
1983) 12”- 15”
Karalee (Hotei x Whitney Late Frilled Yellow)
Sun/Part Shade Medium 4’ Mid-June Creamy-Yellow +5°F.
A compact and spreading plant, shrouded with a handsome framework of
woodland green leaves from which a wealth of rounded frilly-edged
creamy yellow flowers emerge. (Barlup 1995) 8”- 10”
Karen Seleger (R. impeditum x R. dauricum)
Sun or Part Shade Dwarf 1’ Mid April Lavender-Blue -25°F.
A multitude of medium lavender-blue blooms with 5 wavy-edged
lobes are held in clusters of 5-7 flowers that completely smother this
widely branching plant canopied with small, densely produced, scaly
blue-green leaves. (Bruckner 1989) 12”- 15”
Karen Triplett (Seattle Gold x Unnamed Late Yellow)
Some Shade Medium 4' Late May Yellow +5°F.
A calyx surrounds the openly funnel-shaped domed trusses of medium
yellow. The shapely, upright and well-branching plant exhibits mediumsized
glossy jade green leaves held for 3 years. (Larson 1981) 12”- 15”
Ken Janeck - See Species (R. yakushimanum)
Kilimanjaro (R. elliottii x Dusty Maid)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Late May Red 0°F.
Large and spectacular ball-shaped red blooms are classically presented
on an upright, branching plant with dark green lance-like leaves held for
2 years. This plant buds as a 4+ year old. (Rothschild) (Fall 2014) 6”- 8”
∗Kimberly (R. williamsianum x R. fortunei)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Early May Fragrant Pink -10°F.
A beautiful canopy of broadly elliptical sage green leaves and showy
purple buds, all abundantly produced, sheltering a well-proportioned
mounding, dense plant, impressively clothed in springtime with masses
of fragrant pale pink bell-like blooms. (Greer 1964) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
∗Kimbeth (Kimberly x Elizabeth)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3' Late April Rosy Pink 0°F.
This heavily foliaged, densely branched, rounded plant is handsomely
covered with moss green leaves and bell-like rosy pink lax trusses that
totally cover this plant. A wonderful garden plant that looks good for all
seasons. (Greer 1979) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
King of Shrubs (R. fortunei ssp. discolor x Fabia)
Some Shade Medium 4’ Late May Yellow-Orange 0°F.
A well-proportioned plant adorned with yellow stripes that radiate out
from the throat toward the margins and salmon-orange rounded, somewhat
flat-topped blooms, enlivened with a yellow flare within. Narrow
and pointed deep fern green leaves are amply produced, covering a
broadly branching, well-structured plant. (Ostbo 1958) 10”- 12”
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