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Leo x Britannia
Some Shade Medium 5’ Late May Red 0°F.
This revered Whitney cross has for years now captivated all who pass by.
This stunning 15’ plant displays amply produced matte green leaves that
densely covers this rounded, somewhat upright superstructure. Deep
waxy red ball-shaped blooms abundantly produced, beautifully ornament
this plant. (Whitney, Sather) 8”- 10”
Leslie Belle (Purple Splendour x 1000 Butterflies)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Mid-May Lavender Blue -5°F.
This bloom is somewhat reminiscent of Blue Peter. Purple buds open to
show off frilly-edged margins of lavender-blue highlighted by a large
dark eye/freckling within. Large ball-shaped blooms are eclipsed by
purple midribs that radiate out from the throat to the margins. This
mounding plant is circumvented by abundant dark green leaves supported
by well-branching stems. (Stipes 1989) 10”- 12”
∗Light Years (Nancy Evans x Mrs. Furnival)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Pink-Yellow 0°F.
This mounding plant is handsomely canopied with an abundance of deep
forest green leaves, above which a bounty of magenta buds open to
exhibit stately ball-shaped blooms with pale pink margins that fade to
soft nuances of yellow along with red-orange freckling within. Additional
highlights include an irregular 1” soft yellow calyx and bright fuchsia
colored midribs. (Barlup 1996) 12”- 15”
Lionel’s Red Sheild (America x Carmen)
Sun or Part Shade Semi Dwarf 2½’ Late April Red -15°F.
Currant red flowers held in laxed-shaped bloooms of 2-6. Buds are
almost black red. Widely spreading plant, blanketed with forest green
leaves which circumvent this compact, low growing plant. (Rothchild,
Brueckner 1988) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
∗Lisetta® (Ovation x Erato)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Red -10°F.
One of the many challenges in hybridizing has always been to
develop a true, low growing, hardy, and well-structured plant.
Several new German hybrids as Lisetta, Busuki and Rabatz have
met that challenge. Dark red buds open to parade lavish red ballshaped
blooms with faint freckling within. Amply produced deep
green leaves beautifully circumvent this compact, well-branching
superstructure. (Hachmann 2001) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
∗Liz Ann (Selected seedling of R. sargentianum)
Some Shade Dwarf 1’ Early May White -5°F.
This extraordinary plant creates the most interesting accent for the landscape,
as the bounty of diminutive forest green leaves are covered by
elegantly shaped small blush pink fading to white, tubular flowers borne
with remarkable freedom. The pink form is named 'Maricee'. Must have
good drainage. (Caperci) 8”- 10”
∗Loderi (R. griffithianum x R. fortunei)
Some Shade Tall 6' Late April Fragrant White/Pink 0°F.
A vigorous growing plant, upright and spreading with moderate branching,
beholds large oblong matte green leaves held for 2 years. The high
lax trusses of pale pinks to whites permeate the area with a delightful
fragrance. Most propagate with some difficulty. It blooms at approximately
8+ years of age and consistently thereafter. (Sir E. Loder 1901)
Loderi Game Chick - a fragrant light pink with a pale eye. 10”- 12”
Loderi Irene Stead (Loderi selfed) - deeper pink. (Stead) 6”- 8”
Loderi King George - pink bud fading to blushed white. 10”- 12” 12”-
15”
Loderi Pink Diamond - delicate blush pink blooms. 10”- 12”
Loderi Queen Mary - large pink fragrant flowers. 10”- 12”
Loderi Sir Edmund - soft enriched pink fragrant flowers. 10”- 12”
Loderi Sir Joseph Hooker - graceful pink blooms. 10”- 12”
Loderi Venus - (Diploid) - a wonderfully popular shell pink. 12”- 15”
Loderi White Diamond - angelic white blooms. 10”- 12”
∗Loder's White (Unknown x R. griffithianum)
Some Shade Medium 5' Early May White +5°F.
A rounded and well branching plant with attractive dark green foliage,
amply produced and beautifully furnished. The large upright domeshaped
trusses of white blushed pink have a picotee pink edge that fade
in time. Often times this plant is confused with the Loderi series.
(Mangles) 12”- 15”, 15”- 18”
Looking Glass (R yakushimanum x China)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3” Early May Rose -15°F.
Large ball-shaped trusses of rosy-pink with frilled edges are nicely presented
on a rounded, well-branching, moderate-sized plant, canopied
with matte fern green leaves, above with pale indumentum below.
(Gordner, Briggs 1988) 10”- 12”
Loon’s Call (Mindy’s Love x Satin Gold)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late May Pale Yellow 0°F.
Elliptically-shaped moderate olive green leaves nicely circumvent
this very broadly branching superstructure that exhibits a bounty of
leaves held for 2 years. Above each branch terminous are light
greenish-yellow buds that unfurl to dome-shaped pale yellow blooms
accented by a bright coral-pink flare/freckling that changes as the
bloom ages to a bright yellow. Each bloom measures 4” tall by 5½”
wide. (Barlup 2002) 12”- 15”
Lover’s Blush (Raspberry and Custard open pollinated)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid April Scented White/Pink 0°F.
Lovely pale creamy-white buds unfurl to present dome-shaped,
slightly scented angelic creamy-white blooms that transition with
age to a pale fuchsia pink. A discretely vivid dorsal flare and freckles
also ornament this bloom. Below this colorful mantle is juxtapositioned
with semi-glossy ellipical deep green leaves held for 3 years.
(Sanders 2007) 8”- 10”
Love Story (Parentage Unknown)
Some Shade Low 4' Early May Creamy Yellow -5°F.
One has to marvel at the tremendous number of colors that Mother
Nature introduced into this bloom. The bud color is a rosy red that transforms
as it opens into the following hues; light peach, misty lemon,
creamy apricot, dusty rose, rosy pink, to an eye of bright lemon yellow
and freckling of burnt sienna; and thereafter fading to a soft creamy yellow.
The high lax truss of 10 flowers has a 1" calyx. The foliage is a
thick, leathery, matte green that canopies an upright, moderately branching
plant. It blooms as a 4-5 year-old (Whitney, Sather 1976) 8”- 10” ,
10”- 12”
Lucy Lou (R leucaspis x ((R. ciliatum x R. leucaspis))
Some Shade Semi-Dwarf 3’ Mid-March White +5°F.
Small beautifully elliptical, hairy and scaly emerald green leaves shroud
this dense, compact and broadly branching plant. The profuse pure white
bell-shaped flowers form lax trusses of 3-5. Give protection from early
AM frost. (Larson 1958) 10”- 12”
Lynsey Ann (R. souliei selfed)
Sun Low 3’ Early May Pink 0°F.
This dense, rounded and compact plant grows twice as wide as high, and
is accented with a significant production of ovate-shaped deep forest
green leaves. Buds open to large, beautiful laxed-shaped, wavy-edged
purple-pink blooms. (S. Hilscher 1990) 12”- 15”
Madame Masson (R. catawbiense x R. ponticum)
Sun/Pt. Shade Medium 5’ Mid-May White/Gold Eye -15°F.
Another remarkabe plant, that is densely foliaged, broadly branching,
upright with lustrous, smooth-textured green leaves adorned with ballshaped
white trusses accented with a slight gold eye, all manifested in
great abundance. (Bertin, 1849) 10”- 12”, 15”- 18”
Magenta Sky ([R. yakushimanum ‘KoichiroWada’ x Burgundy] x
Purple Splendour) x Smokey
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late May Magenta 0°F.
A prodigious array of buds open to show off rich purple-red tones that
unfurl to 6”dome-shaped bright magenta blooms with strong purple-red
wavy-edged margins and a dark maroon-red flare on the dorsal lobes.
Broadly elliptical matte deep forest green leaves are amply produced and
beautifully presented on a rounded silhouette. (Kesterson, Nelson 2003)
8”- 10”, 10”- 12”
Mai Tai (Anna x Apricot Sherbet)
Sun or Pt. Shade Medium 5’ Mid-May Pink/Apricot Cream +5°F.
Dome-shaped pink blooms merge to combine nuances of creamyapricot
in the throat. These open-faced flowers are highlighted with
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