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∗Windsong (Nancy Evans x [Mrs. Betty Robertson x Fred Rose])
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Early May Green Yellow 0°F.
Bright green-yellow buds open to the same colored ball-shaped wavyedged
blooms, all highlighted by a very deep wine-red color in the
throat and a small variable length ¾” to 1¼” iridescent green-yellow
calyx with deep wine-red at its base. This very well-branching superstructure
holds its leaves for 2 years. (Barlup 1996) 8”- 10”
Windwalker (Janet Blari x ([Lem’s Cameo x Brandt’s Tropicana] x
Mary Drennen)
Some Shade Medium 4’ Mid-May Pink 0°F.
A wealth of strong pink colored buds open to present beautiful ballshaped
blooms with pale pink wavy-edged margins that blend to a
pale yellow throat. The outside perimeter of the bloom includes pale
yellow blending to light pink while the flower midribs are a strong
pink. A dark red flare/freckling extends 1” from the throat on 3 dorsal
lobes. A small calyx of pale yellow is edged with strong pink. Deep
olive-green leaves are abundantly produced and held for 2 years on
a well-branching, upright and rounded plant. (Barlup 2005) 8”- 10”
Wine Fuchsia (Mars x Princess Elizabeth)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Early May Wine-Fuchsia 0°F.
This plant is a sister seedling to ‘Purple Fuchsia’. A profusion of showy
ball-shaped blooms with a pronounced dark eye are produced above an
olive green leafy framework that circumvents this upright, moderately
branching periphery. (Stephens) 10”- 12”
Wings of Gold (Nancy Evans x [Darigold x Lackamus Spice] x Golden
Anniversary #2)
Some Shade Medium 4’ Early May Golden-Yellow +5°F.
This introduction spotlights an upright and spreading plant, ornamented
with well-furnished parsley green leaves. Well-formed golden-yellow
blooms of heavy substance are accented with a bright strawberry red
flare within. (Thompson) 10”- 12”
Winter Morn (Mrs. J. C. Williams x R. yakushimanum ‘Exbury form’)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May White 0°F.
Moderate dusty-pink buds open to exhibit angelic white ball-shaped
blooms with sparse freckling of chartreuse in the dorsal lobes. This
densely clad plant grows wider than tall and has a perimeter of deep olive
green leaves above, interfaced with a thin covering of felt-like yelloworange
indumentum below. The juvenile growth emerges as a pale yellow-white.
(Barlup 1998) 12”- 15”
Winter Spice (Hachmann’s Charmant x Dreamland)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late May Pale Pink 0°F.
Bright magenta buds open to parade a host of 5” conically-shaped
pale dusty pink blooms highlighted by a larger deep coral-red flare/
freckling on the dorsal lobes. Broad elliptically-shaped woodland
green leaves are held for 2 years on a well-branching superstructure
that grows wider than tall. (Barlup 2006) 10”- 12”
Wojnar’s Purple (Unknown)
Sun Low 4’ Late May Purple -20°F.
This outstanding selection has violet-purple margins that transcend to a
vivid magenta throat, enhanced with a dark purple flare in the upper
lobes. This widely spreading, compact plant is clothed with abundantly
produced emerald green leaves. (Mehlquist, U of CT. 1991) 10”- 12”
Wren (R. ludlowii x R. keiskei ‘Yaku Fairy’)
Sun or Part Shade Dwarf 1’ Late April Yellow 0°F.
Very finely textured deep green leaves, handsomely silhouette this
mounding, dense plant that grows twice as wide as tall. Delicate yellow
bell-shaped flowers are daintily poised in loose clusters above this wellmanicured
framework. (Cox 1983) 8”- 10”
Yaku Angel - See Species - R. yakushimanum
Yaku Incense (Lackamus Spice x R. yakushimanum
Sun Low 3’ Early May White -5°F.
Blooms of blushed white with yellow-green freckling withiln, are nicely
presented on a rounded, compact and well-branching plant. The medium
sized leaves are held for 3 years and have no indumentum. (Lancaster
1965±) 10”- 12”
Yaku Prince (King Tut x R. yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’
Sun Low 3’ Mid-May Purple Pink -10°F.
A well-proportioned, compact plant with elliptic, matte, dark olive green
leaves held for 3 years with woolly bronze indumentum. The mediumsized
dome-shaped bright purple-pink blooms have a pale magenta eye
along with dark brick red freckling. (Shammerello 1977) 10”- 12”
∗Yaku Sunrise (Vulcans Flame x R. yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’)
Sun Low 3’ Early May Pink -5°F.
There are 2 entirely different plants being grown under the same name
one from Washington and the other from Oregon. The Oregon plant has
dark green slightly recurved leaves with woolly tan-colored indumentum,
which also covers the buds and stems. The ball-shaped pink flowers
have deep rose-colored margins. The dense, heavily foliaged and wellbranching
plant, buds young and consistently. The Washington plant has
a broader leaf with light beige indumentum, plus a larger, long-lasting
rounded peach bloom. (Lancaster, 1965) 8”- 10”, 12”- 15”
Yo (R. haematodes x Choremia)
Some Shade Low 3’ Late April Red-Orange +5°F.
Vivid red buds open to exhibit laxed-shaped red-orange blooms with
orange wavy margins that transition in color to a paler throat. This plant
is additionally ornamented with a red-salmon calyx, and amply produced
semi-glossy dark green leaves that beautifully canopy this rounded, wellbranching
plant. (Thompsom) 12”- 15”
Yummy Yak (R. yakusimanum hybrid)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Early May Pink +10°F.
Beautiful deep pink ball-shaped blooms touched with apricot on a wellbranching,
rounded plant. This dense, heavily foliaged plant lhas deep
dark green leaves. 8”- 10”
Other R. yakushimanum Crosses
∗R. yakushimanum x R. eleganthum
Part Shade Low 3’ Late April Pink White 0°F.
The combination of these two wonderful species has produced this
exceptional progeny. Pink buds open to display veiled pink-white
rounded blooms. This well-branching plant exhibits sophisticated elegance
as it parades narrow deep green leaves above, interfaced with thick
felt-like bronze indumentum below. (Unknown) 8”- 10”
∗R. yakushimanum x R. proteoides
Sun or Part Shade Dwarf 1’ Early May White -10°F.
Small compact white dome trusses appear 4-8 years down the road, but
well worth the wait. This treasure produces lustrous small green leaves
above, and thick cinnamon indumentum below, handsomely presented
and abundantly produced on a rounded plant. (Berg) 2”- 4” $15.00
R. yakushimanum x R. pseudochrysanthum
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Early May Pink-White -5°F.
Attractive deep green leaves, this well-branching compact plant is beautifully
crowned with attractive, rounded blooms of pink-white flowers
that at times obscure this very leafy background. 10”- 12”
R. yakushimanum x R. recurvoides
Part Shade Low 3’ Early May White -10°F.
A plant bearing a rounded silhouette, amply clothed with elegant deep
sage green leaves, narrow and pointed, underscored with a thick covering
of terracotta colored indumentum, and ornamented with heavily
textured silvery-gray juvenile foliage. Blushed pink to white ball-shaped
blooms are enhanced with some red freckling within. (Uknown) 10”- 12”
R. yakushimanum x R. roxieanum var. oreonastes
Sun or Part Shade Low 2’ Early May Pink-White -5°F.
Pointed deep green leaves above incorporate pale green leaves from
beneath that culminate with a slight misty white coating of indumentum
that also covers the stems. Plants set bud as a 3-4 year-old and exhibit
rounded pink fading to white blooms. This well-branching compact plant
as a beautiful periphery of lush dusty white juvenile foliage after the
bloom. (Sather) 8”- 10”
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