QBARS - v21n3 Notable Rhododendrons in the United Kingdom

Some Notable Rhododendrons In the United Kingdom

Note: This is the title of an address given at the Annual Banquet by Mr. Knight who has been, for a number of years, Director of the famous Wisley Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society and head of the Horticultural School of that Society. The address was informal and most interesting but difficult to bring to our members who were unable to attend as it consisted of slides and remarks about them. Mr. Knight was kind enough to give me a list of the slides indicating the names of the plants and the Gardens in which they were photographed. That list is reproduced herewith as it gives some indication of which gardens Mr. Knight felt contained the more notable Rhododendron specimens, and also the varieties or species he felt were outstanding and worthy of being photographed and shown. - Ed

Slides Shown by Mr. Knight

Map of United Kingdom

Cornwall

Glendurgan

arboreum , Himalaya

Chyverton

arboreum , a fine red form

Trengwainton

sino-grande var. boreales , Grande (the northern form)

Trewithen

albrechtii , s. Azalea, s.s. Canadense, Central Northern Japan


macabeanum , s. Grande. Kingdon Ward from Manipur

macabeanum , (close up), after Mr. McCabe, Deputy Commissioner, Naga Hills

strigillosum , s. Barbatum, s.s. Maculiferum. Szechwan

sino-grande , s. Grande. Yunnan, Upper Burma, S.E. Tibet

bullatum , s. Edgeworthii. Yunnan, S.E. Tibet, N.E. Upper Burma

Caerhays Castle

View of Castle with wooded slopes behind

williamsianum , s. Thomsonii s.s. williamsianum. Szechwan

'Michael's Pride' ( burmanicum x dalhousiae ) after Charles Michael

orbiculare x decorum

Tremeer

'Mrs. G. W. Leak' ('Chevalier Felix de Sauvage' x 'Coombe Royal') Koster 1916

Werrington Park

augustinii , s. Triflorum s.s. Augustinii. Hupeh, Szechwan, Yunnan, Upper Burma


lacteum , s. Lacteum. Yunnan, Szechwan, Burma


'Temple Belle' ( orbiculare x williamsianum )

'Temple Belle', (close up)

'Humming Bird' ( haematodes x williamsianum )

'Humming Bird', (close up)

Penheale

forrestii var. repens , s. Neriiflorum s.s. Forrestii S.E. Tibet, Yunnan, Burma

border measuring 54 ft. by 3'6" in flower in September

racemosum , s. Scabrifolium. Yunnan, Szechwan. A good pink form raised from cuttings

Devonshire

Killerton

General view. Tulip tree ( Liriodendron tulipifera ) in foreground

Knight's Hayes

yunnanense , s. Triflorum s.s. Yunnanense. China

keysii , s. Cinnabarinum. Tibet, Bhutan, Assam

'Lady Berry' ('Rosy Bell' x 'Royal Flush')

'Lady Roseberry' ( cinnabarinum var. roylei x 'Royal Flush', pink form)

Porlock

cubittii , s. Maddenii ss. Ciliicalyx. N. Burma, tender

Wiltshire

Stourhead

General View

Hampshire

Exbury

augustinii , large group

'Cowslip' ( wardii x williamsianum ), Aberconway 1937

'Ibex' ( griersonianum x pocophorum ), Rothschild 1941

'Idealist' ('Naomi' x wardii ), Rothschild 1941

'Jasper' ( dichroanthum x 'Lady Bessborough'), Rothschild 1911

'Naomi Exbury' ('Aurora' x fortunei) , Rothschild 1926

Sussex

Leonardslee

General view of woodland

campylocarpum , s. Thomsonii s.s. Campylocarpum. Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet

'Loderi King George' ( fortunei x griffithianum )

'Red Glow' ('Halopeanum' x thomsonii )

Sheffield Park

'Loderi' forms

'Purple Splendour'

Kent

Benenden

'Infanta' ( griersonianum x 'Isabella')

'Calfort' ( calophytum x fortunei )

'Blue Tit' ( augustinii x impeditum )

Surrey

Wisley

aberconwayi , s. and s.s. Irroratum. Yunnan

orbiculare , s. Fortunei s.s. Orbiculare. W. Szechwan

thomsonii , s. and s.s. Thomsonii. Sikkim, Nepal. Bhutan, Tibet

camtschaticum , s. Camtschaticum. Alaska, Bering Straits, N. Japan

'Moonshine', 'Adriaan Koster' x litiense

'Shepherd's Morning', 'Naomi' x 'Norman Gill'

'Mrs. Furnival', in Trials. Knaphill about 1920. F.C.C. 1948

'Mrs. Furnival', (close-up)

'Elspeth', also as 'Elspeth Slocock' ( campylocarpum hybrid)

'Ems', 'Purple Splendour' x forrestii var. repens , Hobbie, Germany

Trials Bed of Evergreen Azaleas

Deciduous Azalea, 'Thames'

Chelsea Show Exhibit of Evergreen Azaleas

Berkshire

Savill Gardens and Valley Gardens, Windsor Great Park

imperator , s. Uniflorum. Burma

reticulatum , s. Azalea, s.s. Schlippenbachii. Japan

forrestii var. repens , K.W. 6832. F.C.C.

yakusimanum , s. Ponticum s.s. Caucasicum. Isle of Yakusima,  Japan

hyperythrum , s. Ponticum, s.s. Caucasicum, Formosa

vaseyi , s. Azalea, s.s. Canadense. N. Carolina

lanigerum , 'Round Wood', K.W. 6258. s.and s.s. Arboreum, cut sprays shown at Vincent Square

Evergreen Azaleas in Punch Bowl

'William Wright Smith' ( nuttallii x veitchianum ) under glass

Surrey

Royal Botanic Rhododendron Gardens, Kew

Dell

Broad Walk

'Cynthia' in Broad Walk

'Lovely William', euchaites x williamsianum (Horlick)

Kurume Azaleas and Japanese Gate

Richmond Park

Evergreen Azaleas

Tilford

Deciduous Azaleas in Slocock's Nursery

Sunningdale Nursery

'Blandyanum' ('Altaclarense' x catawbiense ) 1850
Plants shown were exhibited at Chiswick in 1853

Bagshot

'Blandyanum', standard tree in John Waterer's Nursery (over 80 years old)

Seale

wightii s. Lacteum. Sikkim, Bhutan; in the old Mangles garden at Littleworth

Group of Mangles' Hybrids. 'Agnes Beaufort', 'Beauty of Littleworth' and 'Mrs. Frank Mangles'

North Wales

Bodnant

Group of williamsianum , augustinii and haematodes

Group of rigidum , yunnanense , glaucophyllum , intricatum ,

'Yeoman' ( choremia x repens ) and Magnolia veitchii

Group of orbiculare , cinnabarinum var. roylei , 'Elizabeth' and 'Youthful Sin'

cinnabarinum var. roylei , s. Cinnabarinum. Bhutan, S.E. Tibet

'Youthful Sin' ( cinnabarinum x yunnanense )

orbiculare , 1,700 trusses

'Elizabeth' ( forrestii var. repens x griersonianum ) F.C.C.

'Vanessa' ( griersonianum x 'Soulbut')

Cumberland

Muncaster

arboreum

Scotland

Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

bainbridgeanum , s. Barbatum s.s. Crinigerum, S.E. Tibet

basilicum , s. Falconeri. Yunnan, N.E. Upper Burma

beanianum , s. Neriiflorum s.s. Haematodes, S.E. Tibet, Assam

floribundum , s. Arboreum s.s. Argyrophyllum, Szechwan

Perthshire


Glendoick


fletcherianum , s. Maddenii s.s. Ciliicalyx. Rock 22302. S.E. Tibet


cephalanthum var. crebreflorum, s. Anthopogan. Assam


'Ptarmigan' (leucaspis x microleucum ) F.C.C. 1965


souliei , best pink, s. Thomsonii s.s. Souliei


Wigtownshire

Lochinch Castle Isle of Gigha

General view of Castle and grounds

Mass planting of rhododendrons around Round Pond

'Praecox' ( ciliatum x dauricum ) Davies 1800

moupinense , s Moupinense, Szechwan

'Brocade' ('Vervaeniana' x williamsianum )

Argyllshire

Crarae

General view in autumn

neriiflorum subsp. euchaites , Yunnan, Upper Burma

falconeri , s. Falconeri, Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan

fulvum , s. Fulvum, China, Burma, Tibet, Assam

rubiginosum , s. Heliolepis. Szechwan, Yunnan

Isle of Arran

Brodick Castle

mollyanum , s. Grande. S.E. Tibet

mollyanum , truss shown at Vincent Square

magnificum , s. Grande. Burma-Tibet frontier

magnificum , truss shown at Vincent Square

magnificum , new young growths

giganteum , s. Grande. Forrest 19335. F.C.C. Yunnan

delavayi , s. and s.s. Arboreum (Chinese arboreum ) Yunnan, Burma

arizelum , s. Falconeri. Yunnan, Upper Burma

sidereum , 'Glen Rosa', s. Grande. N.E. Upper Burma, Yunnan

falconeri , s. Falconeri. Sikkim, Nepal to Bhutan

falconeri , close up of truss

Mr. Basford packing rhododendrons for R.H.S. Show

Northern Ireland

Rowallane

hanceanum 'Nanum', s. Triflorum s.s. Hanceanum. Szechwan

hodgsonii , s. Falconeri. Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan

pseudochrysanthum , s. Barbatum s.s. Maculiferum. Formosa

sino-grande

Castlewellan

grande , s. Grande. Sikkim and Bhutan