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vigorous, upright and mounding plant is densely blanketed with lustrous
deep green leaves abundantly produced and beautifully presented.
(Waterer 1850±) 12”- 15”
Rosewine (Independence Day x Plum High)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Magenta/White 0°F.
A profusion of dark red-purple buds open to a yellowish-white
throat that blends to deep fuchsia-pink, wavy-edged margins. Strong
fuchsia-pink midveins radiate out from the throat which is also
eclipsed by a strong chartreuse flare on the upper flower lobes. This
well-branching, dense plant is shrouded with moderate olive green
leaves held for 2 years. (Barlup 2005) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Ross Maud (Fusilier x Unique)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late April Pink + 5°F.
This Australian introduction exhibits a bounty of ball-shaped flowers of
bright pink, emerging from good-looking foliage, amply supplied on a
rounded well-branching plant. This plant blooms at a very young age and
consistently thereafter. (Bramley 1975) 12”- 15”
Royal Star (Moser’s Maroon x Unknown)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Mid-May Purple -5°F.
A prodigious array of buds animated with rich dark purple, open to large
ball-shaped blooms accented with a black flare on the dorsal lobes. A
framework of jade green recurved leaves ornament this well-branching
rounded silhouette. (Hargrove 1997) 12”- 15”
Rubicon (Noyo Chief x Kilimanjaro)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Early May Red +5°F.
A well-proportioned plant with superb glossy dark green foliage , displaying
abundant ball-shaped cardinal red blooms eclipsed with black
freckling within. (Gordon, New Zealand 1979) 12”- 15”
∗Ruby Hart ([Carmen x Elizabeth] x R. elliottii)
Some Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ Early May Red +5°F.
Deep waxy red lax-shaped blooms are very free flowering with heavy
substance. The glossy oblong dark emerald green foliage is retained for
3 years on a dense, compact and well-branching plant. It blooms as a
young plant and very consistently thereafter. (Whitney, Sather 1976)
10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Ruby Parasol (Sport of Pink Parasol)
Sun or Part Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ Mid-May Pink/White -25°F.
A very dense and compact growing plant circumvented with deep
green leaves above, coupled with fuzzy beige indumentum below
attached to red leaf petioles that extend into the leaf rib. A profusion
of pink buds open to parade wavy-edged, rounded crinkly flowers of
white with nuances of pale pink. (Briggs) 12”- 15”
Ruffles (R. catawbiense x)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5' Mid-May Orchid -15°F.
A rather open and spreading plant, branching only moderately well, bearing
medium-sized moss green foliage held for 2 years. The globularshaped
ruffled orchid flowers are nicely displayed with great freedom.
(Unknown) 10”- 12”
∗Saffron Silk (Nancy Evans x (Odee Wright x Crest)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Early May Yellow -10°F.
A wealth of bright salmon-orange buds open to dome-shaped trusses of
14, broadly funnel-shaped with wavy-edges, vivid yellow midribs, and
dorsal lobes and a greenish-yellow throat. This upright, somewhat
spreading plant is circumvented with semi-glossy, elliptically shaped
dark woodland green leaves held for 2 years. (Fujioka 2005) 12”- 15”
∗Saint Merryn (Saint Tudy x R. impeditum)
Sun/Pt. Shade Semi-Dwarf 2' Mid-April Blue Violet -5°F.
This densely foliaged and finely branched plant has small beautifully
textured dark green leaves superimposed with small funnel-shaped blueviolet
trusses borne with remarkable floral splendor. (Harrison 1971)
6”- 8”
∗Saint Minver (R. russatum x Saint Breward)
Sun Low 3’ Late April Violet-Blue -10°F.
A dense, rounded and compact plant with a close-knit habit is handsomely
clothed with a framework of smaller forest green leaves, generously
produced from which a prodigious array of blooms is presented.
(Harrison 1973) 6”- 8”
Sanders’ Low Yellow (Karen Triplett x R. yakushimanum x Mrs.
Lammot Copeland)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Yellow 0°F.
A bevy of lustrous, elliptically shaped deep green leaves, are held for
3 years, beautifully covering this multi-branching rounded plant.
Light greenish-yellow blooms with a small vivid yellow-green flare
within measures 3” tall by 4½” wide. (Minch, Sanders 2001) (Fall
2012) 12”- 15”
∗Sapphire (Blue Tit x R. impeditum)
Sun/Pt. Shade Semi-Dwarf 2' Mid-April Light Blue -5°F.
A bushy, rounded and broadly branching plant exhibits distinctive dusty
green leaves bearing small widely funnel-shaped light blue trusses elegantly
displayed. Flowers profusely and reliably each spring. (Knap Hill
Nursery 1958±) 8”- 10” thru 12”- 15”
∗Sappho (Unknown)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6' Mid-May White/Purple Eye -5°F.
This strong, open and spreading plant can become rather leggy with
age; therefore additional shaping/pruning may be needed. A large purple
eye, poised on a canopy of somewhat narrowly elliptic, amply
furnished dark green leaves, accents the stately dome-shaped white
flowers. This old time favorite buds young and consistently. (A. Waterer
1867±) 8”- 10”, 12”- 15”
∗Sappho Sport
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Mid-May White Gold Eye -5°F.
We are fortunate to have a very mature specimen of Sappho close to
our office, which allows us to monitor it constantly. Otherwise we may
not have seen this unusual proliferation of glossy very textured, convexed,
irregularly shaped deep green leaves that amply profile this
upright somewhat meandering growth habit. Both plants grow identically
and may require some intervention by pinching &/or pruning. The
ball-shaped bloom is white, with a golden-yellow flare with some
occasional and random amounts of purple incorporated within. Most
sports do attempt to revert; some are more successful than others. After
testing this plant for the past 15 years, none have reverted so far.
(Sather) 10”- 12”
Sassy (Anna x R. yakushimanum #301)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid May Pink 0°F.
A profusion of red buds open to vivid coral-pink frilly-edged margins
that merge to pale pink in the throat along with a prominent red flare and
freckling. These ball-shaped blooms are paraded above dense emerald
green glossy leaves that beautifully framework a rounded, compact silhouette.
(J. Elliott, LeJeune 2002) 8”- 10”, 12”- 15”
Sassy Orange (Sedona x Hill’s Low Red)
Sun or Part Shade Low 4’ Mid-May Yellow/Peach +5°F.
Vivid red buds open to present salmon-orange wavy-edged interior
flower margins that are underscored with pale peachy-pink exterior
margins which transition to soft yellow flower centers, along with
dark maroon-red nectaries/freckling. The flower midribs have
nuances of soft peachy-pink and each flower is encircled by a 1”
calyx awashed in soft yellow with highlights of deep wine-red at the
base. The plant growth habit is somewhat more upright than spreading.
The well-branching structure is amply furnished with leaves
held for 2 years of moderate olive green above and hairy bronze
colored indumentum below. (Barlup 2000) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Satin Memories (Mrs. Furnival x [([Lem’s Goal x Loderi Group] x
Lem’s Cameo) x ([Lem’s Goal x Loderi Group] x Brandt’s Tropicana])]
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Early May Pale Lavender 0°F.
A multitude of bright magenta buds unfurl to exhibit large 7” ballshaped,
wavy-edged soft lavender blooms that fade to a white throat
enhanced with a showy dark magenta-red flare/freckling. Outside
each flower radiates deeper pink spokes on all lobes. Forest green
leaves held for 3 years nicely canopy this well-branching superstructure.
(Barlup 1999) 12”- 15”
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