Rhododendron Sp Shrub Stock Photos Rhododendron Sp Shrub Stock. He also used true R. molle, raised from seeds collected in China by Forrest and by Rock. wide; bud and tube dark red (Ghent, before 1875). They have named 31 evergreen azalea hybrids, described on our Aromi evergreen page. 'Yak' hybrids mainly flower in May, with a small rounded truss of flowers, often bright in colour when first opening, but always fading paler over the next couple of weeks. Not to be confused with Abigail .Flower Colour : PinkFlowering Time : April Scented : No Ultimate Height : 1.50 metres / 4 feet 11 inchesParentage : Loder's White x calophytum pink formHardiness : -18°C (0°F) Hardy in all but the coldest parts of UK.Group : Compact & Medium Hybrids up to 2m.. Recommended for an Award of Garden Merit. ‘Devon’. About 1921 Lionel de Rothschild acquired from Anthony Waterer an azalea named ‘George Reynolds’ which had butter-yellow flowers of very large size. The Occidentale hybrids now in commerce consist mainly of a group of rather similar clones raised by M. Koster and Sons of Holland by crossing R. occidentale with Mollis-Sinensis azaleas in 1895. A hybrid between the yellow ‘Altaclarense’ and a Mollis azalea, raised by Messrs W. C. Slocock. In 1861 the Gardeners’ Chronicle reported: ‘Some fine seedlings have been obtained, with blooms of large size and possessing great richness and variety of colour. (Knap Hill; raised by Anthony Waterer II and named the year after his death). It is usually classed as a Ghent, but is probably one of the first results of the elder Anthony Waterer’s attempts to improve the Ghents by crossing them with R. molle (Azalea sinensis). Also in this section are more tender varieties with delicate bell-shaped flowers that hang in small clusters, and sparser foliage. A Ghent azalea of unknown origin, very free-flowering in mid- or late May, of an unusual colour that clashes with most pinks and reds. A.M. May 29, 1934 (Rothschild Rhododendrons, plate 43). – Creamy white, about 2 in. – Chrome-yellow, flushed darker yellow, flare orange-yellow, six-lobed, truss with up to thirty flowers. ‘Altaclarense’. ‘Fanny’ (“Pucella”). ‘Sunbeam’. Millais Nurseries in Surrey grows one of the widest ranges of rhododendrons and azaleas in the world. Although the Mollis azaleas were originally sent out as plants for forcing, they were being grown in the open ground at Kew by the end of the 19th century and are now little used for their original purpose. More than 1,000 hybrids have been raised at Exbury and the horticultural team has been working with Millais Nurseries to conserve some of the rarer and more highly threatened rhododendrons. Notes, Vol. The Mollis azaleas unite the two larger flowered, short-tubed species of eastern Asia. It does not fall into any established category, but in appearance and flowering time it is nearer to the Mollis azaleas than to the Ghents, with which it is grouped in the International Register. May 11, 1959. ‘Coccinea Speciosa’. Of the component species all are American except R. luteum, the Pontic azalea, and two closely allied species from E. Asia, R. molle and R. japonicum. The medium size shrubs can grow to 2m high and at least 1.5m wi – Double, 2 in. May 11, 1953. A.M.T. A.M.T. – Vermilion red with a large tangerine flare (Knap Hill). The parentage of this was stated by Young to be Azalea sinensis × Azalea pontica (i.e., R. molle × R. luteum). The Exbury Hybrids are deciduous azaleas with large flower trusses in spring; excellent for naturalising. ‘Balzac’. The azalea grown at the present time as ‘Altaclarense’ is quite different and evidently not of the same parentage. – Pure soft rose (Mollis; K. Wezelenburg and Son). A.M. May 29, 1934. wide; trusses compact, with up to thirty flowers (Knap Hill, raised by Anthony Waterer II, introduced 1944). 'Gibraltar' is an Exbury hybrid introduced in 1947. The next important developmental step in the hybridizing of Exbury azaleas was the introduction of the Chinese Azalea ( Rhododendron molle ) and Japanese Azalea ( Rhododendron japonicum ) to Europe.Both of these azaleas produced brilliantly colored, large, open faced flowers, a trait lacking in the azaleas known to exist at that time. For ‘Altaclarense Sunbeam’ see ‘Sunbeam’. – Orange tinged with pink, with a darker flare (M. Koster and Sons). They also have the good property of being late bloomers. For azaleas deriving from ‘Altaclarense’ see ‘Mrs Oliver Slocock’ and ‘Christopher Wren’. Best planted towards the very end of summer and autumn. It associates well with the rhododendron ‘Purple Splendour’. They are very hardy, of good habit, and do not grow much over 4 or 5 ft high. ‘Brazil’. The flowers are soft yellow with a deeper flare, and with an orange-pink flush on the upper lobes which fades as the flower ages. A.M. 1925; A.M.T. Exbury Collections: Nerines (Jewel Lilies) – Double, white flushed with pale pink, petaloids white, tube bright red at the base, its upper part and the outside of the limb pink (Ghent; C. Vuylsteke). See also ‘Bridesmaid’ and ‘Irene Koster’. Accessed 2020-12-01. Though among them orange and flame-coloured tints prevail, yet one we remarked had a crimson top petal and the rest rose; equally remarkable combinations of colour were also to be met with in other sorts’ (Gard. The Exbury strain of the Knap Hill azaleas demands special mention, since it has developed to the stage where it is surely entitled to independent rank. Raised at the Knap Hill Nursery before 1925 and distributed by Messrs Slocock. But a list of those cultivated in the Knap Hill Nursery in 1852 contains seven names – a third of the total – that also occur among the Belgian hybrids offered by Loddiges, and not one that suggests an English origin. May 11, 1953. ‘Sang de Gentbrugge’. long. Chron. – Soft yellow in the bud, opening cream with a slight tinge of pink, about 21⁄4 in. There are currently no active references in this article. The season of the deciduous azaleas starts early in May with the Mollis hybrids and lasts until about the third week in June, when the later Ghents and Knap Hills are in flower. Raised in the Knap Hill Nursery and distributed by Messrs Slocock. F.C.C.T. On the contrary, writers in the 1870s refer to them as uncommon. Various gorgeous flowers from late winter. Happydendron Pushy Purple Rhododendron and azalea experts. wide, shell-pink tinged with deeper rosy pink (Rustica fl-pl. F.C.C.T. The group as a whole, including the Exbury strain, is a very large one and is open-ended, for new sorts are being named all the time. There is another group with double flowers of similar form known as Rustica Flore Pleno. ‘Norma’. These are better suited to the more sheltered woodland garden, where … May 31, 1950. ‘Adriaan Koster’. ‘Golden Sunset’. Fragrant (Occidentale Hybrid; M. Koster and Sons, 1901). wide; trusses compact, with up to twenty flowers. – Yellow, the two upper laterals flushed with orange pink; flare deep yellow (L. J. Endtz and Co.). It is of widely spreading habit and flowers in early June. A.M.T. A charming azalea, similar to the Rustica Flore-pleno group. Fragrant (Occidentale Hybrid; M. Koster and Sons, 1901.) These are the Mendelian ratios to be expected when red is dominant over yellow. Reg. ‘Corneille’. ‘Golden Eye’. ‘Wryneck’. But some of the seedlings have since been propagated vegetatively, so that the name now covers several similar but not identical clones. ‘Hortulanus H. Witte’. The purist should therefore call the group the Japonicum or Japonicum-Molle azaleas, but the traditional nomenclature is accepted by the International Register. The Ghent azaleas are the result of crossing the small-flowered, long-tubed species of eastern North America with their European relative. – Golden yellow with a faint olive-brown flare (Mollis; raised in Holland). A few years after Anthony Waterer’s death, Lionel de Rothschild acquired a financial interest in the Knap Hill Nursery and was therefore in a position to draw on its resources. Compact erect habit (Mollis; Gebr. 1879. 112-18). Taste began to change early in this century, and the merits of the deciduous azaleas as garden plants began to be appreciated. May 26, 1953. – This name belongs properly to a hybrid between R. molle (Azalea sinensis) and a late flowering form of R. viscosum, raised at Highclere and figured in Bot. – Double, 11⁄2 in. – Flowers double, well formed, beautiful soft yellow, 11⁄2 in. By the end of the century there were seedlings with flowers over 3 in. In the work just cited, Mr Grootendorst gives interesting information concerning the propagation of Mollis azaleas by seeds. May 11, 1953. All are lovely, with delicately coloured fragrant flowers, borne in late May or early June, and growing to 5 or 6 ft high, but are best kept away from more brightly coloured azaleas. A hybrid of the yellow ‘Altaclarense’, usually classed as a Mollis. So wrote P. D. Williams of Lanarth after the younger Anthony’s death in 1924. The Koster varieties, which were actually raised by another Dutch grower, were first put into commerce in 1892, and many others followed before the end of the century. One of the few self-coloured yellows in the Mollis group, and probably the best. June 7, 1962; F.C.C.T. 1957. Rhododendron 'Exbury Hybrids' Exbury Hybrids azaleas These popular azaleas are parented by 4-way crosses, producing in excess of 100 medium to large deciduous cultivars with large vibrant flowers ranging from near white to yellow, orange, pink and red. Some may be purely American in parentage, especially the later flowering sorts.