ARS Plant Awards 1987
Superior Plant Award
Not awarded
Award of Excellence
'Luxor' R. catawbiense var. album x 'Goldfort'. Hybridized by David Leach. Plant 53" wide by 40" high in 10 years. Foliage, light green. Lax truss of 5-8 bell-shaped, white flowers. Solid mass of color on plant of low, spreading habit. Rated 5/4.
Conditional Award
'Congo' R. catawbiense var. album x 'Goldfort'. Hybridizer, owner, David Leach. Plant of spreading habit, 65" wide x 48" tall in 11 years. Foliage elliptic, 120mm long x 50mm wide, medium green. No indumentum. Flower: ball truss of 10-16, openly funnel-shaped flowers, white, 50mm diam. x 40mm length, average texture. Rating 4/4. Nominated by Great Lakes Chapter.
'Ivory Tower' R. catawbiense var. album x ( R. wardii x R. fortunei ). David Leach hybridizer & owner. Plant 64" wide x 54" tall in 15 years. Foliage elliptic, 130mm long x 55mm wide, light green. No indumentum. Ball truss of 10-12 ivory white flowers of open funnel-shape, 70mm diameter x 60mm long. Rated 4/4. Nominated by Great Lakes Chapter.
'Ohio Pink' R. yakushimanum , open-pollinated. Hybridizer, John Ford, owner or exhibitor, Seacrest Arboretum. Plant 64" wide x 43" tall in 13 years. Foliage elliptic, 100mm long x 35mm wide, dark green. No indumentum. Flowers in ball truss of 15 openly-funnel shaped flowers of strong purplish-red, 50mm diam. x 50mm long. Average texture. Rated 4/4. Nominated by Great Lakes Chapter.