Hybrid Notes
R. 'Mrs. Donald Graham'
. A
R. griersonianum
hybrid shown by Endre Ostbo. A handsome plant with dark green oblanceolate leaves, and four inch salmon pink flowers. Blooms in late May. Very good.
R. 'Sir Fredrick Moore'
. (
R. discolor
x R. 'St. Keverne') Large pale pink flowers in early June.
R. 'Blue Diamond'
. (
R. augustinii
x R. 'Intrifast') A bush shrub, for an open location. The flowers are of a good blue color. Blooms April 25.
R. 'Carita'
. This fine variety with a pale primrose flower. It is a hybrid between
R. campylocarpum
x R. 'Naomi'. Bloomed May 14 last year.
R. 'David'
. A Dutch hybrid with deep blood red, funnel shaped flowers in an upright conical truss. A good variety for the gardener. Bloomed in early May.
R. 'Naomi'
. (R. 'Aurora' x
R. fortunei
). Wide flattish 4½ inch flowers of soft pink shaded light orange in the throat. An excellent plant for the woodland or shadier spot in the garden. May 15.
R. 'Red Cap'
. (
R. didymum
x
R. eriogynum
) Small intense red flowers 2 inches wide, eight to ten in a loose truss. June 15.
R. 'Sunrise'
. (
R. griersonianum
x
R. griffithianum
) A very fine hybrid with four inch flowers of pale pink of great substance. A good upright fast growing plant. May 15.
R. 'Grenadier'
. Another outstanding hybrid. (
R. griersonianum
x
R. elliottii
) Flowers 3½ inches in diameter, blood red in color. A very tight, close, rounded truss.
R. 'Angelo'
. This hybrid between
R. discolor
x
R. griffithianum
has 8 to 10 pink fading to white, sweet scented flowers, 5 inches across. Recommended for the shady woodland or protected spot.