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 |
