Rhododendrons That Received Awards From the A.R.S. - 1954
Rhododendron pseudoyanthinum
(James purple form) P. A.
Flowers
: Royal Purple, H.C.C. 834/2. Three to six in a truss.
Corolla
: 2½ to 3 inches across, flat, each lobe large, three upper lobes spotted with dark brown. Scales on back of corolla.
Calyx and Petiole
: densely scaly.
Leaves
: dull green, 1½ inches wide, 3 inches long, scaly.
Grown from seed planted in 1946. Bloomed first 1951.
Grown and exhibited by Del James, Eugene, Oregon.
Rhododendron davidsonianum
P. A.
Flowers
: Terminal buds have 10-12 flowers and azillary 24, pedicels scaly ½ inch long.
Calyx
very small, scaly.
Corolla
: 5-6 lobed, ¾ inch long, 1¾ inch wide. Color Persian Rose (H.C.C. 628/1) with red spots on upper petals.
Stamens
: 10-12 exerted, uneven, pink.
Leaves
: Narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, tapering to an acute and mucronate apex, base acute, cross section forming V from midrib to margin, scales about 3 times their diameter apart above; their own diameter apart below, petiole 1/5 inch long.
Grown and exhibited by Marshall Lyons, Eugene, Oregon.
Rhododendron unnamed
(
racemosum
x
pemakoense
) P. A.
Corolla
: Open bell shape; 1¼ inches wide, 1 inch long. Color Imperial Purple (H.C.C. 33/2 to 33/3). ¾-1¼ inch long, ½-¾ inch wide.
Leaves
: Broadly elliptic, rounded apex, ¾-1¼ inch long, ½-¾ inch wide. Leaves shiny dark green above, green below, scaly. Persistent, alternate at ⅜ inch intervals along branches.
Grown and exhibited in A.R.S. Test Garden. Hybridized and raised by Ben F. Lancaster, Camas, Wash.
Rhododendron unnamed
('Earl of Athlone' x 'F. C. Puddle') P. A.
Flowers
: 15 in compact truss.
Corolla
: Trumpet shaped. Color Currant Red (H.C.C. 821/1).
Petals
: 5 recurved, 2½ inches long.
Stamens
: 10; Pistil protruding.
Leaves
: 4 ⅜ inches long, 1⅞ inches wide. Upper leaf dark green, lower non-pubescent light green.
Grown and exhibited by Robert Walker (Holgate Nursery, Portland, Oregon).
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R. 'Little Sheba'
P. A. [('Earl of Athlone' x 'Fabia') X
repens
]
Flowers
: 3, borne upright in a terminal umbel.
Pedicel
: glandular 1¼ inch long.
Calyx
: ¾ inch long recurved.
Corolla
: Campanulate 2¼ inches wide, 1 inch long. Lobes 5. Color blood red (H.C.C. 820/1).
Petals
: ½ inch long, ¾ inch wide.
Stamens
: Pistillate.
Style
: Glaborous, red.
Ovary
: Densely covered with brown glands.
Leaves
: 2¼ long, 1 inch wide. Dark green above, underside paler.
Grown and exhibited by Rudolph Henny, Brooks, Oregon.
Rhododendron Anna Rose Whitney
P. A.
griersonianum
x 'Countess of Derby'
Flowers
: 18-21 Borne in a tight racemose truss. Rachis 3½ inches. Pedicel glaborous, stout 2½ inches long.
Corolla
: 4½ inches wide, 2½ inches long. Lobes 5. Color Rose Bengal (H.C.C. 25/2).
Stamens
: 9-10.
Leaves
: 7-9 inches long, 3 inches wide.
Grown and exhibited by W. E. Whitney, Camas, Washington.
Rhododendron 'Pink Mermaid'
P. A. ('Azor' x 'Azor')
Flowers
: 9 borne on rachis, approximately 1 inch long. Pedicels stout, 2 inches long.
Corolla
: Funnel shaped, slightly ribbed, 4-4½ inches wide, 2½ inches long. Color Dawn Pink #523/3 edged with China Rose, #024/2, with deeper China Rose #024/1 in corolla tube.
Corolla Lobes
: 5-6 slightly notched, 1½ inches wide.
Stamens
: 9-11, uneven length, 1½-2 inches long.
Style
: Curved at stigma.
Leaves
: Lanceolate, approximately 6 inches long, 1¾ inches wide at center, prominently ribbed.
Grown and exhibited by B. J. Esch, Esch Nursery, Portland, Oregon.
Rhododendron 'Merle Lee'
P. A. ('Azar' x 'Azor')
Flowers
: 8-10 borne on a rachis approximately 1 inch long. Pedicels very stout, 1½ inches long.
Corolla
: Funnel shaped, slightly ribbed, 3½-4 inches wide, 2-2½ inches long. Lobes 5-6. Color Rhodamine Pink, #527/3.
Corolla Lobes
: 5-6 notched, 1¼ inches wide.
Stamens
: 8-10, uneven length, 1-1½ inches long.
Style
: Curved.
Leaves
: Lanceolate, approximately 6 inches long, 1¾ inches wide at center.
Growth Habit
: Spreading.
Seeds planted in 1948. Plants bloomed in 1953 and 1954.
Grown and exhibited by B. J. Esch, Esch Nursery, Portland, Oregon.