QBARS - v19n2 Resistance to Freeze and Wind Burn In Rhododendrons
Resistance to Freeze and Wind Burn in Rhododendrons
LaVern Freimann, Bellingham, Wash.
The temperature at our home dropped to -2° on December 15, 1965. The following list indicates damage sustained by various species and varieties.
| Plants showing no leaf damage |
Plants with severe leaf damage |
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'Scarlet Wonder' |
'Leo' | |
| 'Jean Marie de Montague' | 'Cynthia' | |
| 'Wilgens Ruby' | 'Bow Bells' | |
| 'Princess Elizabeth' | 'Glow' (Naomi) | |
| 'Cunningham's White' | Plants showing more than 95% | |
| 'Mrs. P. D. Williams' | leaf damage | |
| 'Mars' | R. racemosum | |
| 'Purple Splendour' | R. augustinii (Marine) | |
| R. sutchuenense | 'May Day' | |
| Plants with slight leaf damage | 'Elizabeth' | |
| 'Evening Glow' | 'Fabia' | |
| 'Autumn Gold' | R. lacteum | |
| 'Pink Pearl' | 'Earl of Donoughmore' | |
| R. fictolacteum | 'Unique' | |
| 'Lamplighter' | 'Unknown Warrior' | |
| 'Floriade' | 'Vulcan' | |
| 'Anna Rose Whitney' | R. campylocarpum | |
| 'Jan Dekens' | Plants dead | |
| 'Molly Ann' | R. macabeanum | |
| R. fulvum | ||
| 'Loderi Venus' | ||
| R. arboreum |
