QBARS - v35n2 American Rhododendron Society Plant Awards

ARS Plant Awards 1980


Superior Plant Award

Not awarded


Award of Excellence

Not awarded


Conditional Award

Tualatin Valley Chapter

'Mrs. H. T. Krug' R. fortunei , open pollinated. Exhibitor, Harold T. Krug, Portland, OR. Plant 6'x6' in 8 years. Foliage: 7½" x 2½", elliptic to obovate, yellow green 147A, lighter green below. Tall compact truss of 12 flowers - average, 7 lobed, openly funnel-shaped, diameter 4" x 2" length. Flower color: edge - red purple group 68B shading to yellow green group 150D, throat red group 46A to 46B, extending into rays. RHS color chart.


Eligibility List:

Great Lakes Chapter

#7-754 R. yakushimanum O. P. Hybridizer: John E. Ward. Exhibitor: Secrest.

'Duet' R. catawbiense var. album x ( R. dichroanthum x R. griffithianum ) x R. auriculatum . Hybridizer: David Leach, Exhibitor: David Leach

'Flair' R. catawbiense var. album 'Catalgla' x ('Adrian Koster' x R. williamsianum ). Hybridizer: David Leach, Exhibitor: David Leach

'Nile' R. catawbiense var. album x R. wardii L. S. & T. 5679. Hybridizer: David Leach, Exhibitor: David Leach

R. catawbiense var. album x 'Goldfort'. Hybridizer and exhibitor: David Leach

'Lodestar' R. catawbiense var. album x 'Belle Heller' Hybridizer and exhibitor: David Leach

'Party Pink' 'Mrs. Furnival' x R. catawbiense var. album Hybridizer and exhibitor: David Leach

'Red Red' Plant Patent 3465, 'Hino-Red' x 'Ward's Ruby' Hybridized and exhibited by A. M. Shammarello

'Sumatra'  'America' x 'Gertrud Schale', Hybridized and exhibited by David Leach

'Virwelda Tamsyn' Cross unknown. Hybridizer and exhibitor: Weldon E. Delp.

'Yaku Queen'  'King Tut' x R. yakushimanum , 'Koichiro Wada', Hybridizer and exhibitor: A.M. Shammarello


Massachusetts Chapter

#74-122 PJM sdlg selfed F3 Hybridizer and exhibitor: Ed Mezitt

#73-90 Gable's Pioneer x PJM Hybridizer and exhibitor: Ed Mezitt

#423 F2 PJM sdlg. x R. carolinianum var. album Hybridizer and exhibitor: Ed Mezitt

#866 R. prunifolium x R. dauricum var. sempervirens Hybridizer and exhibitor: Ed Mezitt

#949 ( R. mucronulatum (pink, evergreen) x PJM) x self Hybridizer and exhibitor: Ed Mezitt

'Ebony' Hybridizer and exhibitor: Ed Mezitt

'Northern Rose' 'Cornell Pink' x 'Laetvirens' Hybridizer: Robert Ticknor, Exhibitor: Ed Mezitt

72-1 Prunifolium hybrid x R. bakeri (syn. R. cumberlandense ) Hybridizer and exhibitor: Ed Mezitt


Portland Chapter

Clone #1 'Lackamas Spice' x R. lacteum Hybridizer: McGuire-Lancaster, Exhibitor: Tom McGuire

Clone #1 'Moser's Maroon' x R. yakushimanum Hybridizer: Ben Lancaster, Exhibitor: David Goheen

Clone #1 R. adenopodum Exhibited by David Goheen


Seattle Chapter

'Merrie Bells' 'Jingle Bells' x R. lacteum Hybridized and exhibited by Britt Smith


Tualatin Valley Chapter

'Crest' x 'Naomi' Hybridizer unknown. Exhibited by Robert Ross