QBARS - v8n3 Rhododendrons That Received Awards From The American Rhododendron Society - 1954

Rhododendrons That Received Awards From the A.R.S. - 1954

Rhododendron pseudoyanthinum (James purple form) P. A.

Flowers : Royal Purple, H.C.C. 834/2. Three to six in a truss.
Corolla : 2½ to 3 inches across, flat, each lobe large, three upper lobes spotted with dark brown. Scales on back of corolla.
Calyx and Petiole : densely scaly.
Leaves : dull green, 1½ inches wide, 3 inches long, scaly.

Grown from seed planted in 1946. Bloomed first 1951.
Grown and exhibited by Del James, Eugene, Oregon.

Rhododendron davidsonianum P. A.

Flowers : Terminal buds have 10-12 flowers and azillary 24, pedicels scaly ½ inch long.
Calyx very small, scaly.
Corolla : 5-6 lobed, ¾ inch long, 1¾ inch wide. Color Persian Rose (H.C.C. 628/1) with red spots on upper petals.
Stamens : 10-12 exerted, uneven, pink.
Leaves : Narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, tapering to an acute and mucronate apex, base acute, cross section forming V from midrib to margin, scales about 3 times their diameter apart above; their own diameter apart below, petiole 1/5 inch long.

Grown and exhibited by Marshall Lyons, Eugene, Oregon.

Rhododendron unnamed ( racemosum x pemakoense ) P. A.

Corolla : Open bell shape; 1¼ inches wide, 1 inch long. Color Imperial Purple (H.C.C. 33/2 to 33/3). ¾-1¼ inch long, ½-¾ inch wide.
Leaves : Broadly elliptic, rounded apex, ¾-1¼ inch long, ½-¾ inch wide. Leaves shiny dark green above, green below, scaly. Persistent, alternate at ⅜ inch intervals along branches.

Grown and exhibited in A.R.S. Test Garden. Hybridized and raised by Ben F. Lancaster, Camas, Wash.

Rhododendron unnamed ('Earl of Athlone' x 'F. C. Puddle') P. A.

Flowers : 15 in compact truss.
Corolla : Trumpet shaped. Color Currant Red (H.C.C. 821/1).
Petals : 5 recurved, 2½ inches long.
Stamens : 10; Pistil protruding.
Leaves : 4 ⅜ inches long, 1⅞ inches wide. Upper leaf dark green, lower non-pubescent light green.

Grown and exhibited by Robert Walker (Holgate Nursery, Portland, Oregon).

R. 'Little Sheba' P. A. [('Earl of Athlone' x 'Fabia') X repens ]

Flowers : 3, borne upright in a terminal umbel.
Pedicel : glandular 1¼ inch long.
Calyx : ¾ inch long recurved.
Corolla : Campanulate 2¼ inches wide, 1 inch long. Lobes 5. Color blood red (H.C.C. 820/1).
Petals : ½ inch long, ¾ inch wide.
Stamens : Pistillate.
Style : Glaborous, red.
Ovary : Densely covered with brown glands.
Leaves : 2¼ long, 1 inch wide. Dark green above, underside paler.

Grown and exhibited by Rudolph Henny, Brooks, Oregon.

Rhododendron Anna Rose Whitney P. A. griersonianum x 'Countess of Derby'

Flowers : 18-21 Borne in a tight racemose truss. Rachis 3½ inches. Pedicel glaborous, stout 2½ inches long.
Corolla : 4½ inches wide, 2½ inches long. Lobes 5. Color Rose Bengal (H.C.C. 25/2).
Stamens : 9-10.
Leaves : 7-9 inches long, 3 inches wide.

Grown and exhibited by W. E. Whitney, Camas, Washington.

Rhododendron 'Pink Mermaid' P. A. ('Azor' x 'Azor')

Flowers : 9 borne on rachis, approximately 1 inch long. Pedicels stout, 2 inches long.
Corolla : Funnel shaped, slightly ribbed, 4-4½ inches wide, 2½ inches long. Color Dawn Pink #523/3 edged with China Rose, #024/2, with deeper China Rose #024/1 in corolla tube.
Corolla Lobes : 5-6 slightly notched, 1½ inches wide.
Stamens : 9-11, uneven length, 1½-2 inches long.
Style : Curved at stigma.
Leaves : Lanceolate, approximately 6 inches long, 1¾ inches wide at center, prominently ribbed.

Grown and exhibited by B. J. Esch, Esch Nursery, Portland, Oregon.

Rhododendron 'Merle Lee' P. A. ('Azar' x 'Azor')

Flowers : 8-10 borne on a rachis approximately 1 inch long. Pedicels very stout, 1½ inches long.
Corolla : Funnel shaped, slightly ribbed, 3½-4 inches wide, 2-2½ inches long. Lobes 5-6. Color Rhodamine Pink, #527/3.
Corolla Lobes : 5-6 notched, 1¼ inches wide.
Stamens : 8-10, uneven length, 1-1½ inches long.
Style : Curved.
Leaves : Lanceolate, approximately 6 inches long, 1¾ inches wide at center.

Growth Habit : Spreading.

Seeds planted in 1948. Plants bloomed in 1953 and 1954.
Grown and exhibited by B. J. Esch, Esch Nursery, Portland, Oregon.