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This well-branching, rounded, upright silhouette is frameworked with a
wonderful overlay of glossy deep green leaves. (Sanders) 10”- 12” thru
15”- 18”
Mrs. T. H. Lowinsky (Unknown)
Sun & Heat Medium 5’ Late May White -15°F.
A wealth of eye-catching dome-shaped white blooms are accented by a
striking cinnamon flare on the upper lobes, that completely carpet this
rounded, vigorous silhouette, frameworked with substantial glossy forest
green leaves. (Waterer 1917±) 15”- 18”
Must Bee (R. proteoides x Red bureavii)
Sun or Part Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ Mid-April Pink 0°F.
This incredible foliage plant has lustrous deep green leaves above, interfaced
with thick bronzy indumentum below and are held for 3 years. The
buds are a rosy-pink that fade as they open to a white with pink stripes
that radiate out from the throat to flower margins. The small rounded
wavy-edged blooms are eclipsed by red freckling/flare within. This plant
does not bloom young. (Berg) 8”- 10”, 10”- 12”
My Oh My
Sun or Pt. Shade Semi-Dwarf 18” Mid-May Salmon Yellow 0°F.
Another test plant from our garden that always catches your eye.
Small round frilly-edged blooms are highlighted with dark salmonorange
midribs plus some red-orange freckling within. This leafy
green canopy is nicely presented with lustrous dark green leaves that
circumvent this rounded perimeter. 10”- 12”
∗Nancy Evans (Hotei x Lem's Cameo) (Diploid)
Some Shade Low 3' Early May Canary Yellow +5°F.
A rounded, compact and well branching plant with elliptical smooth
textured matte green leaves held for 2 years, are enhanced with juvenile
bronze-colored new foliage that slowly changes. This charming garden
plant presents a lively and vivid spectacle each spring with tight ballshaped
blooms of canary-yellow encircled by a calyx. (Brockenbrough
1981) 6”- 8” thru 18”- 21”
Naomi (Aurora x R. fortunei)
Some Shade Tall 5’ Early May Scented Pink-Yellow -10°F.
There are 10 registered clones, all with strong sturdy and stately growth
that develop into impressive plants with attractive foliage, well clothed
adorned with broadly elliptical smooth-textured dark green leaves. Each
are prolific blooming plants with large, widely funnel shaped scented
blooms including hues of rose to pale pinks and with undertones of yellows
and blushes of lilac-pinks to creams. (Rothschild 1926)
Naomi Early Dawn - pale pink. 15”- 18”
Exbury - pastel pink tones transcending to shades of yellow and underscored
with apricot. 8”- 10”
Naomi Nautilus - a large frilled rose, tinged pale orange-yellow with a
greenish blush in the throat. Hardy to -5°F. Broadly branching plant of
moderate and rounded stature. 8”- 10”
∗Naselle (C.I.S. x unnamed hybrid) x Lem's Cameo (Diploid)
Sun/Pt. Shade Medium 4' Early May Salmon Orange +5°F.
The well proportioned plant, compact and broadly branching, is amply
covered with matte emerald green leaves, silhouetted on a rounded
framework bearing sumptuous blooms edged with salmon-rose blending
to a golden apricot throat eclipsed with burnt orange freckling
within. Flowers are borne in great freedom with remarkable ornamental
excellence. One of best new plants on the market today. (J. Elliott,
1987) 8”- 10” thru 15”- 18”
Neat-O (R. campanulatum x R. yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada)
Some Shade Low 3' Late April Pink +5°F.
The elegant full-dome trusses of blushed white to darker pink edging
are presented on a rounded, well-proportioned plant with excellent carriage.
The dark forest green leaves, held for 3 years, have a striking and
distinctive bronzy-orange indumentum. (Goheen, 1982) 8”- 10”
Nelda Peach (Unnamed Hybrids—Peach x Lem's Cameo)
Sun/Pt. Shade Low 3' Mid-May Cream Dusty Pink 0°F.
An upright and spreading plant canopied with rich deep green leaves,
superimposed with well-formed ball shaped trusses of creamy-yellow
along with red/orange freckling within and dusty pink margins. (Davis
1988) 8”- 10”
Night Editor-form of R. russatum
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4' Mid-April Violet -5°F.
An upright spreading grower, presenting wide-open saucer-shaped
bunches of airy trusses of iridescent violet, borne with great freedom
covering narrowly-elliptic dark sage green leaves, that are scaly beneath
and held for 2 years. (Sheedy 1981) 10”- 12”
Nightwatch (Cup Day x Purple Splendour)
Sun Medium 4’ Mid-May Red Purple -5°F.
This worldwide introduction from Australia has sturdy growth of moderate
size, spreading widely with matte deep green leaves covering an
excellent multi-branching plant canopy, that freely displays a prodigious
array of ball-shaped red-purple blooms with a showy black flare within.
(Van deVen 1978) 15”- 18”
Nike (Tiddlywinks x Nancy Evans)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Early May Creamy Yellow -5°F.
A mass of bright orange buds unfurl to show off ball-shaped creamy yellow
blooms accented with red freckling within. This upright and spreading
plant is nicely canopied with deep green leaves that are held for 2
years. (Thompson) 8”- 10”
Nobleanum Venustrum (R. caucasicum x R. arboreum)
Some AM Sun Medium 5' Jan/Feb Rose 0°F.
This plant signals the advent of spring with bright rose ball-shaped
flowers presented on a spreading, upright plant amply furnished with
narrowly elliptic jade green leaves. (Smith 1829) 12”- 15”
Northwind (Scintillation x Snow Candle)
Sun/Pt. Shade Medium 4’ Late April Pale Lavender/White 0°F.
Abundantly borne semi-glossy moderate olive green leaves circumvent
a plant that grows 4’ tall and 5’ wide. Above this leafy canopy
are very pale lavender ball-shaped blooms with bright reddish-purple
veins that extend 1” on all lobes. The outside flower color is again
a very pale lavender with reddish-purple midveins. A very distinctive
and prominent deep red-purple flare and freckling highlight this
bloom. (Barlup 2008) 10”- 12”
Nova Sunrise ([R. fortunei x R. smirnowii] x [R. yakushimanum x
Goldworth Yellow]) x R. aureum x Prelude)
Sun/Pt. Shade Low 2’-3’ Early May Pale Green-Yellow -40°F.
An abundance of coral colored buds open to display dome-shaped
pale greenish-yellow blooms enchanced with scattered cinnamon
freckling. The outside flower color is suffused with a tinge of pale
coral. Additional ornamentation includes a small greenish-yellow
caylx. Moderate olive green leaves are held for 2 years, abundantly
produced and displayed on a dense, widely-branching plant. (Craig,
Gunn 2005) 8”- 10”
∗Nova Zembla (Parson's Grandiflorum x) (Diploid)
Sun or Heat Medium 5' Mid-May Red -25°F.
A broadly branching plant of moderate stature, well clothed with dull
matte green leaves held for 2 years, and animated with medium sized
ball-shaped red trusses that flower profusely and reliably each year. Very
sun and heat tolerant. (M. Koster & Sons 1902) 6”- 8” thru 18”- 21”
∗Noyo Brave (Noyo Chief x R. yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada')
Sun or Part Shade Low 3' Early May Pink 0°F.
Grows a rounded and dense plant canopied with deep green leaves with
some indumentum. The attractive bright pink truss of 22 flowers fade to
a delicate soft pink, which are all generously produced and beautifully
presented. (C. Smith, 1978) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Noyo Chief (hybrid of R. arboreum subsq. nilagiricum)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Early May Red +5°F.
This shapely well-proportioned plant has exquisitely textured glossy
dark green foliage, which becomes a wonderful support structure for
brilliant red ball-shaped blooms that flower in great profusion. This plant
is also grown under the name of zeylanicum. (Reuthe, Brandt, Bowman
1965) 10”- 12”
∗Oceanlake (Blue Diamond x Sapphire)
Sun or Part Shade Semi-Dwarf 2' Late April Blue -5°F.
A neat, dense and spreading plant with fine broadly branching stems are
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