Introducing Rhododendron 'Dick Brooks'

Rhododendron 'Dick Brooks' (Patterson/Hibben)

Rhododendron 'Dick Brooks' (Patterson/Hibben) was introduced on Sunday November 12, 2006 at the Massachusetts Chapter's Founder’s Day Meeting. The Dick Brooks Memorial Speaker for the meeting was Hank Schannen of RareFind Nursery, Jackson, New Jersey.

This web album link below contains images of Rhododendron 'Dick Brooks':

Rhododendron 'Dick Brooks' Album

The Massachusetts Chapter seed exchange is an event held during the November meeting to encourage hybridizing for the New England climate. The chairman of this one-man committee is responsible for the "Cross of the Year", a cross that is designed to result in something "different" or "better," and to provide multiple seed packets for distribution to all members who have an interest in growing rhododendrons from seed. Charlie Patterson was the Massachusetts Chapter seed exchange chairman in 1989 when he presented the "Cross of the Year", as R. ‘Dexter's Giant Red’ x yakushimanum 'Whitney's Dwarf'. Charlie, who is a veterinarian, described this cross as a Great Dane and Chihuahua eliciting laughter at that November chapter meeting.

R. ‘Dexter's Giant Red’ (P4M (Plants for Members) #240) from the Heritage Plantation Sandwich, MA, is a large plant producing large red trusses with dark red stippling in the throat. R. yakushimanum 'Whitney's Dwarf' (P4M #1167) is a dwarf selection of the species degronianum ssp. yakushimanum from the west coast’s Whitney nursery. Charlie and CJ Patterson are well known in the Massachusetts Chapter for their breeding of rhododendrons that have interesting foliage, especially “big leaves.” 'Lorry Roeder', a Patterson cross of R. yakushimanum and rex, and 'Peggy Lawson', a yellow-flowered cross by Lawson who was the chapter seed exchange chair before Charlie, are rhododendrons raised from seed and named by the Pattersons. R. prunifolium 'Sunset Trail', maximum 'Dee Walker' and a yet to be named, R. makinoi, are species they have selected.

Now the story turns to George Hibben, of Lincoln, MA, an excellent and avid grower of plants from seed. George has grown seed of rhododendron crosses from many Massachusetts Chapter members including Ian Donovan, Peggy Lawson, Tony Knights, Sally and John Perkins, and Ron Rabideau. As he has for many years, he selected a few packs of rhododendron seed including Charlie's 1989 "Cross of the Year". He planted the seed in early 1990, labeling this particular cross #90134. George grew on plants for Dick Brooks' Kalmia Wood Nursery, a small operation of spring and fall weekend sales, which took place on Dick's driveway. Dick would visit George's propagating beds fairly frequently to select plants for his sale.

For the 2000 ARS convention in Burlington, MA, Dick selected a plant from George's #90134 seedlings to be propagated for the P4M cuttings sale (P4M #5542). He also photographed a truss and used the image in his article promoting the convention “Rhododendron Diversity: The Challenges of New England” (JARS Vol. 54, No 1, Winter 2000). George's garden was included on tour E of the gardens west of Boston. Other plants featured at this convention were R. 'Crimson Constellation' hybridized by Dick, R. 'Landmark' and R. 'New Century' introduced by Weston Nurseries, and Kalmia 'Madeline' and Dick Jaynes’ ‘Meteor’. While working at the convention plant sale, Dick suggested that we try a plant labeled P4M #5542. So we purchased the plant which is now growing very well in our New Hampshire garden although it has not set flower buds.

Now the history takes a personal turn to how we met Dick. In 1989 Dick was selling azaleas at a New England Wildflower Society plant sale at Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA. We purchased a few deciduous azaleas from Dick including a cumberlandense open pollinated seedling we now call 'Canobie Candela'. Dick suggested we join the American Rhododendron Society; talked about how the Massachusetts Chapter was going to host the society convention on Cape Cod in May 1990; and told us about the plant sale that was a feature of the convention. Dick put us in contact with CJ Patterson who was in charge of the convention plant sale. In fact, our first activity as society members was a workday potting up Plane View Nursery’s tissue cultured plants at Les Wyman's greenhouse. Moreover, our first official chapter meeting was in November 1989 when Charlie distributed his "Cross of the Year," R. 'Dexter's Giant Red' x yakushimanum 'Whitney's Dwarf.'

Ron Rabideau, who succeeded Charlie as the Massachusetts Chapter Seed Exchange Chair, left New England in 1997 to become General Nursery Manager at RareFind Nursery. In 2004 Ron inquired about the possibility of receiving cuttings of some of the better unnamed rhododendrons growing in the Boston and New Hampshire area for evaluation in New Jersey. Having access to numerous chapter members' gardens containing rhododendrons grown from seed, including our own in Salem, NH, George's in Lincoln, MA, Joe Bruso's in Hopkinton, MA, Fred Knippel's in Acton, MA, Jim Welch’s in Londonderry, NH, and Dean Barber's old garden in Contoocook, NH, we supplied Ron cuttings of several rhododendrons indicating that R. 'Pressey's Peachy' (Cowles), 'Canobie Canary' (Knights), ‘Ice Cube’ X yakushimanum (Stuart/Barber), and 'Dexter's Giant Red' X yakushimanum 'Whitney's Dwarf' (Patterson/Hibben) were among the best performers.

In October of 2006 while we were visiting RareFind Nursery on our speaking tour to chapters in Distinct 7, Ron, being impressed by the plant's indumented foliage, suggested that RareFind would consider introducing the Patterson/Hibben plant if the nursery was supplied with 100 cuttings and the plant was named. George responded in his usual proactive manner when we conveyed Ron's offer to him. He contacted Hank Schannen, owner of RareFind, to discuss delivery of the cuttings; Jay Murray, North American Registrar of Plant Names, to check name availability and reserve 'Dick Brooks'; and consulted Dick’s widow, Jane, for her approval. On Sunday November 12, 2006 at the Massachusetts Chapter's Founders Day meeting, George presented 100 cuttings to Hank Schannen for commercial introduction of R. 'Dexter's Giant Red' X yakushimanum 'Whitney's Dwarf’ which will be registered as R. 'Dick Brooks' in the spring of 2007.

The late Dick Brooks, an ARS Gold Medal recipient, was a great enthusiast to the genus Rhododendron serving in many capacities over the years at the Chapter level and as President of the American Rhododendron Society. It is only fitting that this plant which has so much Chapter history would honor him.

John and Sally Perkins

Reservations Needed by October 31st for Founder's Day

Founder's Day Brunch starting at 10:15 AM, Seed Exchange and Program at Tower Hill Botanic Garden is Sunday November 12th with Hank Schannen of RareFind Nursery presenting "Rhodos-Where have we been, Where are we now, and Where are we going?"

Tickets are $32/person and since the reservations are needed by October 31st an email to Peter Littlefield woodland.gardener@verizon.net will hold a spot and the check may be sent in late. Checks made out to ARS Massachusetts Chapter, and sent to Peter Littlefield, 75 Oak Street Holliston, MA 01746

You don't want to miss this event.

Thanks

Maine Chapter Rhododendron Presentation Saturday Oct 28, 2006

Sally and John Perkins are the featured speakers for a talk including
Good Doers for New Hampshire, Companion Plants for Rhododendrons, and
Rhododendron Pests and Pestilence for the Maine Chapter on Saturday
Oct 28, 2006.

See Presentation

John Perkins

Ted and the October Foilage Show

Dear Board,

Thanks for making the October Meeting with its Foliage Show and
Cutting Exchange a success. Special kudos should go to Ted for his
excellent presentation. The amount of work involved is staggering, but
it should be a wonderful tool. Ted, you're putting the Mass Chapter on
the map. Janet, again thanks for your amazing ability to make
something happen virtually overnight. The frame made the certificate
for George look very impressive. Susan and C.J. made mounting the show
look effortless. Rhodies really do have wonderful foliage. Thanks.
Betty, congratulations on the newly endowed award for Best in Show in
your name. Your work for the Chapter makes the award an even bigger
prize to strive for.

Joe has said that he wants to revisit our strategy with MassHort at
the next meeting. If we are going to raise hell about the contract, we
should do it sooner rather than later. I put in a call to Thomas last
week about the internship and the Truss Show location and have heard
nothing yet. Unfortunately, Doug and I are getting into a period where
we have little time for anything besides family - wedding, etc. These
things never come when you want them, do they? Anyway, all can be
thinking carefully about what will be most productive for ARS.
Remember, the continued discussion about records – where they are,
what we should be saving and where – will also be on the agenda.

Happy Halloween.

Susan and Doug Harding

Rhododendron Presentations October 18-21

Sally and John Perkins are the featured speakers for 4 talks including
Good Doers for New Hampshire, Hybridizing for New Hampshire, Companion
Plants for Rhododendrons, and Rhododendron Pests and Pestilence for
the following Chapters:

Princeton Wednesday Oct 18
Long Island Thursday Oct 19
Lehigh Valley Friday Oct 20
Tappen Zee Saturday Oct 21

See Presentations

John Perkins

Board Meeting Agenda October 6, 2006

ARS – Mass Chapter

Agenda for Wednesday,  Oct 6, 2006

Meeting Place: Waltham Field Station

Time: 7:30 p.m.

 

I. Reports: 30 minutes

            Presidents                                                                    Doug and Susan Harding,

                        Meeting with MHS                                           Clark, Littlefield, too

                        New publicity            (News releases, PPP)              Harding, Petit

            Secretary                                                                           Killeen

            Treasurer: auditor?                                                                   Littlefield

            P4M: what’s new, what’s needed, what’s planted            Knippel, Perkins

            Display Garden: Party, plantings, etc.                Aplin, Littlefield

            Membership – new members?                                 Aplin

            Newsletter – deadline for Nov.                                   Clark

Program – holes?                                                        Clark/Harding

            Van Veen Sale: lists                                                 Bruso

 

II. Old Business: 15 minutes

            Honors Committee: Members                                              Killeen, Harding, Clark

            Nominating Committee thoughts                                    All

            Follow-up thoughts about Newsletter- brief                 All

 

III. New Business: 60 minutes                                     All

Board Discussion: Membership: Recruitment, Engagement, and Finances

                        Elements to consider: geography, age, competing/complementary interests

                        Methods, impacts, challenging volunteers (Roundtable Discussion silence)

                        Collaboration: MHS, other Societies, GCF, ??                      

                        Small details: Badges, dots, brochures, raise dues, etc.         

           

IV. Other Business: 5 minutes

            To be introduced by any board member                        Anyone

 

Adjourn 9:30 p.m.

 

N.B. If anyone wants to give a short report by email, we can resend this agenda with that included and that will reduce the “reports” time and let us spend more time on the other topics of the meeting.

 

RhODIES: New Plant Genealogy Research System

RhODIES: New Plant Genealogy Research System

Wednesday, October 18, 7:30 pm at Waltham Field Station

Home gardeners and nursery and landscape professionals are invited to
preview the latest tool for rhododendron research at the American
Rhododendron Society Massachusetts Chapter meeting on Wednesday,
October 18, 7:30 pm at the UMass Eastern Extension Center (Waltham
Field Station), 240 Beaver St. Waltham, Mass. The Rhododendron On-line
Display and Information Exchange System (RhODIES), a web-based,
visually-oriented research system that traces the genealogical history
of plant species and hybrids, will be demonstrated at the meeting,
which is free and open to the public.

The RhODIES database brings together a wealth of rhododendron
information resources in an easily accessible electronic format. So
far, more than 1,000 species and more than 400 species cultivars have
been entered along with taxonomical information.

RhODIES displays and prints a hybrid's genealogy in a family tree
format. Flower colors are cross-referenced among several industry
color standards including the Royal Horticultural Society, National
Bureau of Standards and the traditional Ridgeway horticultural color
systems. Each entry will have six photographs for study: plant, truss,
flower, leaves, stem, and new growth. Users will be able to make
comments on plants but will not be able to change scientific data.

RhODIES will help breeders determine what species or cultivars might
make the best parents to generate plants with certain traits. It will
help landscapers determine how to select for hardiness, color, and
bloom period and will be a source of professional plant photographs
for reference.

Ted Petit, the chapter's corresponding secretary, started the RhODIES
system to help fellow enthusiasts visualize hybrid rhododendron
genealogy. Petit has been asked to join the ARS national rhododendron
database committee, which has been charged with developing a research
system for ARS members. The national system will incorporate a
database of over 30,000 hybrids maintained by Bob and Jay Murray of
the New Jersey chapter.

"The flexibility of the RhODIES system, which will be useful to
everyone from the amateur home gardener to the most sophisticated
botanist or breeder, makes its long range potential so exciting," said
Susan Harding, co-president of the ARS Massachusetts Chapter.

Petit, a Bellingham, Mass. resident, is an avid rhododendron
enthusiast and president of his own software development and sales
consulting company, AppliTech, Inc. Ted has 35 years experience in the
computer, military electronics and industrial automation industries..

The American Rhododendron Society is a non-profit organization whose
purpose is to encourage interest in and to disseminate information
about the genus Rhododendron. Society activities include public
education, flower shows, seed exchanges, scientific studies, and
communication through publications and local and national meetings.
ARS chapters are located throughout the United States and Canada and
in Denmark, Holland, Scotland, Sweden and Sikkim.

For information on the ARS Massachusetts Chapter, visit www.rosebay.org.

Mass Chapter ARS Board Meeting Agenda Sept 13, 2006

ARS – Mass Chapter

Agenda for Wednesday, September 13

Meeting Place: Putnam Building, Elm Bank

Time: 7:30 p.m.

 

I. Reports

            Presidents                                                                    Hardings

            Secretary                                                                     Killeen

            Treasurer                                                                     Littlefield

            P4M                                                                            Knippel, Perkins

            Display Garden                                                 Aplin, Littlefield

            Membership                                                                 Aplin

            Newsletter                                                                   Clark

            Program                                                                     Clark, Harding

 

II. Old Business

            Case Estate Rhodies                                                  Hardings

            Display Garden Party, 9/24                                         D & S, Pete, Jim, etc.

Guests: Barbara Provest, Daylily Society; Susan Anthony and Deb Peterson, Herb Society; need “plant doctor”

            Judges Training Workshop                                            Clark, Harding

            Judges Training Workshop date

 

III. New Business

            Chapter Budget 2006-7                                                          Littlefield, all

Honors Committee – needs members                         All

Newsletter discussion                                                   Clark, et al

 

IV. Other Business

 

 

V. Adjourn 9:30 p.m.

 

Tales of the Rose Tree on Book Table

The Chapter Book Sale has ordered several copies of the book Tales of
the Rose Tree, which has been mentioned on Yahoo Group. It will be a
very reasonable price.

The Wrightingtons

Rhododendron Bloom in July

Rhododendron Bloom in Salem, NH

July 1-6, 2006

'Golden Showers' X 'Lollipop' #2
viscosum 'Red Tip'
maximum
'July Jester'
'Golden Showers'

July 7-12, 2006

'Pennsylvania'

July 13-18, 2006

viscosum var. glaucum (Arnold) not
arborescens X prunifolium

This ends the rhododendron bloom season in our yard for 2006 where we
had about 525 different rhododendrons bloom.

John Perkins

Chapter Board Meeting July 12

Agenda for ARS Mass Chapter Meeting Wednesday, 7/12/06
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Conference Room at Waltham Field Station, 2nd Floor

7:30 p.m. Presidents' Report
Hardings

Meeting with Mass Hort

Nasami Farm Trip

7:45 p.m. Secretary's Report, pro-tem, June meeting
Susan Harding

7:48 p.m. Treasurer's Report
Littlefield

$ from Plant Sale, etc.

Website costs to budget

8:00 Old Business (Does continuing seem more appropriate term??)

Program for 2006 – 2007
Clark, et al

In general; September meeting in particular

P4M – plant sale just past, current activities, future
plans Knippel, Perkins

Newsletter
Clark

Display Garden
Littlefield

Woodland Garden Project
Carlhian, Clark, et al

8:30 New Business

Meeting Locations for Board
Hardings

Board List of Positions - handout
Hardings

Roundtable Discussions
All

What, where, when

Topics for board review/reevaluation, recommendation.
All

We envision one topic per board meeting. We
can make a list and schedule:

Coordination with other ARS chapters or Plant Societies

Display Garden

Educational Outreach

Field Trips

Mass Hort Relationship

Membership (recruitment and involvement)

Newsletter

Others?

The point is to thoroughly know why we do what we do, and
decide to continue as is or to try some changes or enhancements. Every
aspect should be explored at one time or another. This list is
alphabetical, not according to any perceived priority.

Other Business

Please let us know so it can become a part of the agenda.
Surprises are acceptable, but not preferable. This is a draft since we
still do not know where the meeting will take place. Summer is sooo
relaxed!

9:00 p.m. Adjourn

Rhododendron Bloom Late June

Rhododendron Bloom in Salem, NH

June 19-24, 2006

arborescens (running)
cumberlandense ASA orange sd
lepidotum yellow
micranthum
nakaharae 'Bovee form'
nakaharae sd (Bruso)
'Pink and Sweet'
'Popsicle'
'Summer Glow'
viscosum (native)
viscosum 'Betty Cummins'
viscosum X arborescens (red)
'Weston's Innocence'
Xfurbishii

June 25-30, 2006

'Canobie Fireworks'
cumberlandense 'Camp's Red'
cumberlandense 'Sunlight'
maximum (MacKays)
Xviscosum 'Weston's #7'

John Perkins

Hybridizing For New Hampshire

Tour 5 of New Hampshire's better rhododendron gardens by viewing the
images from a 20 minute presentation on Hybridizing for New Hampshire
given by Sally and John Perkins at the 2006 ARS Convention in
Rockville, MD provided by the link below.

Hybridizing for New Hampshire

The images include both rhododendrons and azaleas that do well in zone 5 New Hampshire starting with proven performers in the front where lesser known and lesser tested plants follow. Most of the rhododendrons shown bloomed fully after our very cold January 2004.

John Perkins
Salem, NH

Rhododendron Bloom June 13-18

Rhododendron Bloom in Salem, NH

June 13-18, 2006

'Edith Pride'
'Fairfax'
'Golden Showers' X 'Lollipop' #1
'Independence'
'MacKay's Magic'
'Micheal Hill'
'Pink Pancake'?
semibarbatum 'Canobie'
viscosum X arborescens (yellow)
'Wintergreen'

John Perkins

Rhododendron Bloom in Concord MA June 6-16

Rhododendron Bloom in Concord, MA

June 6-16, 2006

It's been fascinating reading the Perkins' posts about what is in bloom at Canobie Lake, NH and comparing it with my garden in Concord, MA. We really do live in rather different places. Right now I have my late mid-season plants in full bloom at the same time as many late plants -never had Robert Alison blooming at the same time as Delayed Surprise. Summer Summit and Summer Snow still pretty tight. Disca, Robert Alison and Cadis have never been so perfect. It's been a beautiful, if peculiar spring. And the rain has stopped!

In bloom June 16

Disca
Robert Alison
Cadis
Judy Spillane
Susan Everitt
Roseum Elegans
Delayed Surprise
Scarlet Romance
Dr. Edward Lufton finishing after 13 days
Alexander, Wintergreen, and other evergreen azaleas
Purple Melody (Park's)
Myrtilifolium
R. myrtilifolium just opening
R. hirsutum
R. tschonoskii just opening
Kalmia just starting

Susan Clark

Rhododendron Bloom June 7-12

Rhododendron Bloom in Salem, NH

June 7-12, 2006

'Alexander'
'Balalaika'
'Beni Kirishima'
brachycarpum ssp. fauriei
brachycarpum var. tigerstedtii
'Canobie Candela'
cumberlandense AAS red
cumberlandense X viscosum
'Joseph Hill'
kiusianum 'Hane Komachii'
'Lollipop'
'MacKay's Overhere'
'Myrtifolium'
myrtifolium syn. kotschyi
nakaharae 'Mini Pink'
'Rockhouse Hill'
semibarbatum

Kalmia starting to bloom

Minature roses starting to bloom

John Perkins

Rhododendron Bloom June 1-6

Rhododendron Bloom in Salem, NH

June 1-6, 2006

'Antilope'
'Blondie'
'Cadis'
'Catawbience Boulsault'
'Choice Cream'
'Disca' X 'Caroline'
'Dwarf Pink'
'Firestorm'
'Kellogg's Pinchusion'
kiusianum 'Miyamanokatsura'
'Knaphill Red'
'MacKay's Love'
'MacKay's Magnum'
'MacKay's Samari'
minus 'RSF 76-086'
minus var. chapmanii
'My Mary'
'Paul Vossberg'
'Red Pom Pom'
'Red River'

John Perkins

Garden Federation Tour at Elm Bank

Dear Board,

Doug is taking our exhibit, which will be part of the Educational
Division of the Standard Flower Show in the mansion, to Elm Bank on
Thursday morning to set it up. The actual tour and show will be held
on Saturday and Sunday. Some of you have volunteered to work in the
garden as guides and answer questions. The exhibit is unmanned in the
house. This is the schedule: Saturday 10 – 1 p.m. will be Susan Clark
and Betty Carhlian; 1-4 will be George Silverman; Sunday 10 – 1 will
be Pete Littlefield and 1-4 will be Doug & Susan Harding, who will
take down exhibit at end. Thanks for volunteering at the last board
meeting.

Hope for good weather!!!

Susan Harding

Rhododendron Bloom May 25-31

Rhododendron Bloom in Salem, NH

May 25-31, 2006

'Aloha'
'Anushka'
atlanticum X calendulaceum
'Aviva Ann'
'Azurro'
calendulaceum 'Cherokee'
'Canobie 'Coochecoo'
'Choptank River'
'Choptank Yellow'
'Connecticut Yankee'
'Crimson Pippin'
'Doc'
'Elya's Sister'
'Gable T4G'
'Golden Gala'
'Gomer Waterer'
'Gustav Mehlquist'
'Hachmann's Polaris'
'Hachmann's Rosarka'
'Holly's Late Pink'
'Hoosier Peach'
'Janet Blair'
'Jonathan Shaw'
'Joseph Dunn'
kiusianum 'Hinode'
kiusianum 'Maiogi'
kiusianum 'Mountain Gem'
kiusianum RSF 177sd2002 purple
kiusianum 'Tenshi'
kiusianum var. album
'Lord Roberts' X yakushimanum '#3'
'Lord Roberts' X yakushimanum '#6'
'MacKay's Alleyway'
'MacKay's Marmalade'
'MacKay's Myth'
'MacKay's Overthere'
'MacKay's Strawberry'
'Mars' X 'Gem F'
'Marydel'
'Northern Hi Lights'
'Nova Zembla'
periclymenoides (Girard)
'Pink Rosebud'
'Rio'
'Rowland P. Cary'
'Sammetglut'
'Scarlet Romance'
'Schneebukett'
'Scintillation'
smirnowii (P4M 1528)
'Snowbird'
'Snow's Red'
'Susannah Hill'
'Tatjana'
'Terrific'
'TT45'? not
'U-4-1'
'Veronica Dora'
'Viscosepala'
'Vulcan' X yakushimanum Exbury #2
'White Peter'
'Wojnar's Purple'
Xatlanticum
'Yaku Picotee'
yakushimanum 'Huey's Dwarf'
yakushimanum 'King's Dwarf'
yakushimanum 'Mehlquist form'
yakushimanum X decorum

John Perkins

Rhododendron Bloom May 19-24

Rhododendron Bloom in Salem, NH

May 19-24, 2006

'Anilin'
'Arneson's Gem'
'August Lamken'
'Bad Zwischenahn'
'Barbara Ann'
'Barmstedt'
'Bashful'
'Canobie Canary'
'Canobie Candy'
'Carolina Rose'
catawbiense var. rubrum
'Chickasaw'
'Daniela'
'Dean Hall'
'Dextanea'
Dexter/Reid hybrid
'Dorothy Swift'
'Double Dip'
'Dr James Dippel'
'Dr. Max'
'Flamenco'
flammeum 'Hazel Hamilton'
'Frank Abbott'
'Golden Lights'
'Hachmann's Rosita'
'Hawaii'
'Helsinki University'
'Henry's Red'
'Holden'
'Ingrid Mehlquist'
'Jane Martin'
'Janet Blair' X ['Golden Star' X 'Mary Belle']
'Jenny Tabol'
kaempferi 'Kesa'
kaempferi 'RSF 178sd2002 #1'
'Katherine Dalton'
kiusianum 'Benichidori'
kiusianum 'Coral Pink'
kiusianum 'Hall's #6'
kiusianum 'Komo Kulshan'
kiusianum 'Mangetsu'
kiusianum 'Mount Fugi'
kiusianum 'Multiflora'
'Lavender Queen'
'Mackay's Ditch Dweller'
'MacKay's Misfire'
'MacKay's Royality'
'Mackay's Yonder'
makinoi (P4M 4408)
'Mandrin Lights'
'Masada'
metternichii X yakushimanum X 'Fawn'
minus grp. carolinianum 'M. L. Webb'
minus grp. carolinianum 'White Gem'
'Parker's Pink'
'Party Pink' maybe 'Persia'
'Peach Abbott'
'Percy Wiseman'
'Pink Fondant'
'Pink Twins'
prinophyllum 'Marie Hoffman'
prinophyllum var. album (Girard)
'Rendezvous'
'Robert Seleger'
'Schroeder's Lavender Mist'
'SideStep'
'Skookum'
smirnowii (Blanchette)
'Sneezy'
'Sonatine'
'Sunsheen'
'Tottenham'
'Yaku Prince'
'Yaku Princess'
'Yaku Queen'
yakushimanum (Sandy)
yakushimanum 'Exbury'
yakushimanum ''Koichiro Wada' selfed #2'
yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'?
yakushimanum 'Mist Maiden'
yakushimanum 'Pink Parasol'
yeodense var. poukhanense (pink)

John Perkins

Comments on Elm Bank Flower Show and Plant Sale

We have Survived! Thrived? Yes!

Whew! The pollen hasn't settled yet, even if we have finished our
Truss and Sale. Did you get the thunderstorm that passed thru about 6
p.m.? What a crazy spring we have had, although we can't complain
about this weekend during our show and sale. The Truss Show had
fabulous blooms. Our P4M plants looked especially vigorous this year.
We think all of us should feel proud of our show and our sale, and
especially our display garden. It was truly the loveliest area on view
this weekend.

We don't need to say to YOU how much effort was involved. Let's skip
the work as well as pleasure in the growing, and concentrate on the
efforts in putting on the show, the sale, and the garden. We know the
stars of our members, without whom it could not happen. (For the Truss
Show give Joe Bruso and Susan Clark a hand – literally, along with the
clerks and judges. For the sale Fred Knippel, Pete Littlefield and
Sally and John Perkins were indispensable. For the garden Pete and Jim
Alpin worked to put it together. For our educational and membership
efforts the Wrightingtons were booked and ready as always.) We think
that all of you also understand that we need constellations, not just
stars. Two new ones were Jon and Nancy Siegal, who helped in numerous
ways both days. Thank god human stars needn't have been created
millions of years ago!

Thanks, stars, of every brightness. Propagate yourselves.

George Silverman
Doug and Susan Harding

Rhododendron Bloom May 13-18

Rhododendron Bloom in Salem, NH

May 13-18, 2006

'Anna H. Hall'
'Arctic Gold'
'Big Deal'
'Canobie Cantata'
'Ametize Ice'
'Carrie Amanda'
catawbiense 'Labar's White' X yakushimanum
'Cupcake'
'Delicate Air'
'Eliza Hyatt'
'Fabia' X yakushimanum X bureavii (P4M 4897)
'Hachika Tsugi' syn. 'Prudence'
'Hindustan'
'Holden'
'Jane Grant'
kiusianum 'Zuiko'
'Lord Roberts' X yakushimanum '#2'
'Lord Roberts' X yakushimanum '#5'
lysolepis X minus grp. carolinianum
'MacKay's Back40'
'MacKay's Munchkin'
'Mackay's Outback'
'Majesty'
'Margaret Hyatt'
minus grp. carolinianum var. album 'Gable's form' 'RSF 75/133'
minus grp. carolinianum 'Burn's Yellow'
'Moby Dick'
'Morgenrot'
'Paxton's Blue'
'Schneekrone'
'Schroeder's Lavender Mist'
'Southland'
'Texas Pink'
'Today and Tomorrow'
'Tow Head'
wardii var. croceum
wardii X yakushimanum
'Yaku Prince'
yakushimanum 'Dwarf form'
yakushimanum 'Phetteplace form'
yakushimanum 'Stewart form'
yeodense var. poukhanense (purple)
yeodense var. poukhanense var. compactum

John Perkins

Sadder World without Him: Warren Berg

Hank Schannen conveyed the following:

It is with great sorrow that I report the death of Warren Berg on
Wednesday, May 17, 2006. It will be a sadder world without him.

John Perkins

Elm Bank Truss Show and Plant Sale Sunday May 21, 2006

The public is invited to attend a Truss Show and Plant Sale at Elm
Bank, Wellesley, MA Sunday May 21, 2006 starting at 8:00 A.M. and
closing at 1:00 P.M.

Nearly 30 plant societies will be participating in the Plant Sale
where the Rhododendron Truss Show of American Rhododendron Society
Massachusetts Chapter is the featured attraction.

The Rhododendron Display Garden of American Rhododendron Society
Massachusetts Chapter will also be available for viewing by the
public. Additional educational programs are scheduled.

John Perkins

Elm Bank Truss Show Registration Saturday May 20, 2006

The Massachusetts Chapter Truss Show will be held at Elm Bank in
Wellesley, MA with registration beginning at 1:00 P.M. and ending at
2:30 P.M.

There will be plant sale for workers and exhibitors from 5 to 5:30 P.M.

A dinner will follow the plant sale.

The Truss Show and Plant sale with be open to the public Sunday, May
21 starting at 8:00 A.M. and ending at 1:00 P.M.

John Perkins

Joe Parks Honored with ARS Silver Medal

Joe Parks, a long time member of the Massachusetts Chapter, was awarded
the Silver Medal of the American Rhododendron Society (ARS) on Sunday
May 14, 2006 at the ARS Convention in Rockville, MD to honor Joe's
life long contribution to the genus Rhododendron. The award was
presented by Len Miller, President of the ARS.

Congratulations Joe the honor is well deserved.

American Rhododendron Society Massachusetts Chapter

Hybridizing for New Hampshire Slide List

Hybridizing for New Hampshire

John and Sally Perkins

Collage
Map of Zones in New Hampshire
Canobie Lake in Winter
Winter D amage on 'Roseum Elegans' in Madison, NH
'Mist Maiden' (Leach) in Salem, NH
'April Mist' (Mehlquist)
'Marydel' (Hill)
'Prudence' (Wilson's #7) 'Hachika Tsugi'
'Medusa' X smirnowii #2 (Childers)
carolinianum x calostrotum (Delp)
cumberlandense x viscosum (Towe )
Gable's T4G (Gable)
'Veronica Dora' (Barber) in Londonderry, NH
'Bob Stuart' (Stuart/Mehlquist) in Lincoln, MA
'Pressey's Peachy' (Cowles/Pressey) in Londonderry, NH
'Canobie Canary' (Knights/Perkins)
'Canobie Cadet' (Gilkey/Perkins)
'Canobie Cadet' (Gilkey/Perkins)
'MacKay's Ditch Dweller' (Perkins)
'Canobie Corsage' (Donovan/Perkins)
'Canobie Coocheecoo' (Perkins)
'Canobie Candela' (Perkins)"
'Canobie Candy' (Girard/Perkins)
'Canobie Sunset' (Perkins)
Map of New Hampshire
Bob Gamlin, Sally, Dean Barber, Jim Welch '04
'Hesperia' (Barber) in Londonderry, NH
Ice Cube x degronianum (Stuart/Barber)(habit)
Ice Cube x yakushimanum (Stuart/Barber)
Sapporro x (Party Pink x Pink Fondant) (Barber)
Hayden #4 (ARSSE) in Henniker, NH
Hesperia x Pebble Beach (Barber) in Contoocook, NH
Catalgla x fortunei (Barber)
Mrs C.S. Sargent x yak
Serendipity x brachycarpum
"Peach Glow"
"Better than Rio"
"Apricot Calyx"
LaBar's White x Loderi King George
"Better Than Henry's Red" (Barber) sd
"Blossom Hill" Cemetary Seedling
Good white dwarf x brachy
kelecticum x carolinanum #1 ? (Barber?)
Glaucous leaved lepidote
campylogynum hybrid ?
Arnold evergreen azalea
R. prinophyllum hybrid ?
R. prinophyllum hybrid ?
Cinnamon Bear (Smith) in Madison, NH

Rhododendron Bloom May 7-12

Rhododendron Bloom in Salem, NH

May 7-12 2006

(yakushimanum X bureavii) X 'Fabia'
adenogynum grp. adenophorum
'Aesthetica'
albrechti
'Big Willy'
'Big Yak'
'Blue Ridge'
'Bob Danik'
'Bow Bells' X yakushimanum
bureavii X yakushimanum 'Hatch's Small form'
'Canobie Cadet'
'Canobie Sunset'
degronianum '#6'
degronianum syn. metternichii (Serbin)
'Elya'
'Evening Sky'
'Groundhog'
haematodes (Dexter's form)
'Hello Dolly'
hippophaeoides (Weston)
kaempferi var. leucanthum 'RSF 81/095'
'Karens'
'Kimberly'
kiusianum 'Harunoumi'
'Longwood'
makinoi (P4M 3034)
'Mardi Gras'
'Marie's Choice'
minus grp. carolinianum 'Blanchette form'
minus grp. carolinianum 'Fairhaven'
minus grp. carolinianum 'Helen Cascio'
minus grp. carolinianum X scintillans
'Nestucca'
'Nodding Bells'
'Pink Discovery'
'Pohjolas Daughter'
'Ruth Davis'
serpyllifolium
'Seven Stars'
'Shrimp Girl'
smirnowii 'Narrow Leaf form'
smirnowii X yakushimanum '#2'
'Spicy Lights'
'Spring Parade'
'Texas Pink'
vaseyi (Girard)
vaseyi 'White Find'
'Veesprite'
'Weston's Mayflower'
'White Dimples'
yakushimanum '#3'
yakushimanum 'Apple Blossom'
yakushimanum 'Ken Janeck'
yakushimanum X bureavii large
yakushimanum X makinoi
yakushimanum X williamsianum (pink)
yakushimanum 'Yaku Angel'
yeodense var. poukhanense (lavender)
yeodense var. poukhanense var. compactum

John Perkins

Great Day at the Elm Bank Display Garden

Dear Board,

Doug and I had a lovely time at the garden yesterday. It looked great,
and I hope we have some plans to propagate Blue Baron!

Bill Sweeney's bench is very handsome and in perfect scale to the
site. Thanks so much, Susan and Betty. George, we thought your
dedication was very appropriate and Mimi and the family seemed very
pleased with all of it. Our two new members, Nancy and Jon Siegal,
were very engaged and appreciative of the demonstrations by Pete in
planting and Lorry in pruning. This is how we get new members to
become old, knowledgeable members like all of you.

Thanks so much for all the hard work that yesterday represents. As
George said, yesterday bodes well for the success of 5/20 and 5/21.

Doug and Susan Harding

Big P4M Plant Sale Saturday May 13

The Big P4M Plant Sale is Saturday, May 13 at Planeview Nursery in
Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Nearly 500 different varieties of rooted cuttings are available.

Sale and pickup is starting at 10:00 A.M and ending at 1:00 P.M.

All Chapter members and the public are welcome.

John Perkins

Caring for Small Rhododendrons

 

Caring for Small Rhododendrons

Joe Bruso

 

Presented here is a guide for caring for small rhododendrons. 

In the United States, the two predominant methods of propagating hybrid rhododendrons are by rooting cuttings and by tissue culture.  The plants produced from these two methods need special care their first 1-2 years in order to have a high success rate.

  

 

How to Kill your Small Plants

 

Dig a hole in the landscape, plant them, water them once then forget them.  Alternately, leave them in their pots in full sun and forget to water, or over-fertilize them.

  

Proper care can be divided into 2 timeframes:

1.      First Summer

2.      First Winter

 

 

First Summer

 

Key to Success:  Prevent desiccation.

 

The soil around your plants should be kept moist at all times.  Letting it dry out completely is the surest way to kill them.  This is especially true of plants grown in a medium with a high percentage of peat, since once peat dries out completely, it becomes very difficult to re-wet short of soaking in a bucket of water. 

 

The two most common ways to prevent desiccation are to keep the plants in pots and water daily or as needed, or plant them in a “nursery”.  A nursery is a prepared bed with amended soil, at least partial shade, no tree root competition, and with the plants relatively close together.  Average sized rooted cuttings can be planted a foot or so apart.  This simplifies care, especially watering.  The nursery should be watered every 2 days or so at first, gradually decreasing the frequency as the plants become established and/or as weather dictates.  Rhododendrons can be kept in such a nersery for 2-4 years before they crowd eachother and need to be moved

 

Whether kept in pots or in a nursery for the summer, they should be located in a partly to mostly shaded location.  The north side of a structure is an excellent location.  High shade from oak or pine trees is also great.  If they must be exposed to direct sun, early morning sun (as on the east side of a structure) is preferable to noontime and evening sun.  The more sun your plants get, the more often they will need to be watered.  Avoid deep shade, as found in a dense grove of white pines with low hanging branches.

 

First Winter

 

Key to Success:  Protect from extremes of Winter temperature, sun & wind.

 

A commonly used practice is to build a simple plywood box to cover the plants.  It can be small enough to cover one plant up to the dimensions of an entire sheet of plywood or larger, depending on how many plants you have.  Construction with screws will make taking it apart easier.  The box needs no bottom.  Potted plants are placed as close together as possible on the ground inside the box.  Mid-November is the usual time of year for this.  The pots need to be well watered before covering.  Put a mouse trap or some rodent bait inside the box to guard against mice & vole damage.  A slight gap (fraction of an inch) should be left on one area of the top to provide minimal ventilation.  Bank woodchips or bark mulch around the base of the box to cover any gaps between the wood and the ground.  If you have planted your plants in a nursery, the box can be built or placed over the nursery. 

 

After their first protected winter, your small rhododendrons will be much more able to withstand the rigors of winter without special protection.  Protecting them as described above for another year will still be beneficial, however.  After their first or second year of protection, they can be handled in one of several ways:

1.      Re-potted and grown on in larger pots for another year.

2.      Planted in a nursery.

3.      If large enough, planted into the landscape. 

 

 

Re-Potting Considerations

 

Small rhododenrons are usually started in an “artificial” medium – one composed of peat and pearlite for example.  Rhododendron roots can be slow to grow out of  a medium they are used to and into a much different medium.  When repotting into larger pots, one should include in the new soil some of the ingredients found in the medium the plant was grown in (i.e., peat and pearlite) mixed with soil as it exists in their future nursery or planting location.

 

The pot should be large enough to easily contain the root ball plus allow you to put new soil all the way around it.  Avoid pots that are too small for the root ball such that you have to jam the roots in with little room to add new soil.  Alternately, avoid oversized pots in proportion to the root ball.  Pull the roots apart as much as possible when either repotting or planting into a nursery or the landscape to help help the roots to spread out into the new soil.  Little to no fertilizer is required at this time.  Better to err on the stingy side than over fertilizing, which can be lethal.  A small amount of slow release fertilizer works well.

 

 

Summary

 

The keys to success with small rhododendron plants are very simple:  keep them regularly watered at all times, and provide some protection their first winter.  With just a little care you will be very successful.

Board Meeting Agenda for May 10, 2006

ARS – MASS CHAPTER Board Meeting

Agenda for Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.

Putnam Building, Elm Bank

7:30 p.m. Approval of minutes

735: Treasurer's Report

7:40 p.m. Reconfirmation of 2006-2007 ARS Board configuration

Co-Presidents: Doug and Susan Harding

Vice-President:

Treasurer: Pete Littlefield

Recording Secretary: Janet Killeen

Corresponding Secretary: Ted Petit

Past President: George Silverman

Directors:

2004 – 7 Bruso, de Burlo

2005 – 8 Carhlian, Knippel

2006 – 9 Clark, Hibben

Is this correct?

7:50 p.m. Plants for New Members

Certificates to apply toward P4M plants?

Live plants – how to supply?

Other ideas?

8:00 p.m. Recap May 7 Display Garden event

8:15 p.m. May 20-21 Truss Show and Plant Sale

Volunteers lined up? How many for dinner?

8:35 p.m. Garden Club Federation Garden Tour at Elm Bank June 10, 11

Educational exhibits in Mansion, part of Flower Show

Horticulture Div. open to public - class for Rhododendron truss or azalea spray

Need guides for Display Garden (booth is unmanned)

8:45 p.m. Adjourn

Doug and Susan Harding

Rhododendron Bloom May 1-6 2006

Rhododendron Bloom in Salem, NH

 

May 1-6 2006

 

adenopodum (Hatch)
adenopodum 'CSRG form'
adenopodum 'Markita'
'Angel Powder'
'April Pink'
'Arthur J. Ivens' X hardy red hybrid (pink form)
'Ben Foster'
'Black Satin'
'Brandywine'
bureavii 'Lem's form'
canadense var. album
degronianum var. tsukushimanium
'Delp's Carefree'
'Deming Brook'
'Dora Amateis'
'Dr. William Fleming'
'Fairy Mary'
'Ginny Gee'
'Harold Amateis'
hyperythrum (P4M 3966)
hyperythrum (P4M 4654)
hyperythrum (VanVeen)
'Jericho'
kaempferi 'Coral Bells'
keiskei var. procumbens
keiskei 'Yaku Fairy' X 'Mary Fleming' (P4M 2444)
keiskei 'Yaku Fairy' X racemosum (P4M 1792)
'Last Hurrah'
'Lavender Frost' (not) (maybe 'Landmark')
'Little Sarah'
makinoi X pachysanthum (P4M 4488)
'Manitou'
'Medusa' X smirnowii '#2'
'Minas Grand Pre'
minus grp. carolinianum X calostrotum '#1'
minus grp. carolinianum X fastigiatum '#2'
nudipes
'Pioneer Silvery Pink'
racemosum 'CSRG form'
'Rosy Dream'
'Teddy Bear'
'Tickley'
'Too Bee'
'Vinecrest'
'Wanna Bee'
'Weston's Crescendo'
williamsianum 'RSF 80/055'
'Wynterset White'
yakushimanum X campanulatum
yakushimanum X tsraiense
yakushimanum X williamsianum (white)

Rhododendron Bloom April 2006

Rhododendron Bloom April 2006 in Salem, NH

April 1-6

'Cliff Garland'
sichotense

April 7-12

dauricum 'Delp's Dwarf'
dauricum 'Dwarf form' X dauricum 'Leo's Dwarf'
dauricum var. compactum
dauricum 'Hyakawa'
mucronulatum X dauricum
mucronulatum 'Usugomo'
mucronulatum 'Waka Mirasaki'
mucronulatum 'Goheen form'
mucronulatum 'Mahogany Red'
mucronulatum 'Cornell Pink'
mucronulatum 'Sagukis'
mucronulatum var. album
mucronulatum var. album '#57105'

April 13-18

'April Gem'
'April Reign'
'April Song'
'April Snow'
'April White'
'April Rose'
'Amber Lantern'
'Airy Fairy'
dauricum 'Arctic Pearl'
'Drum Roll'
'Floda'
'Lilac Crest'
'MacKay's Duplicity'
'Mary Fleming'
'New Patriot'?
'Oritani'?
'Peach Blend'
'Seadrift'
'Sonny's Love'
'Twentyfour Caret'
'Weston's Pink Diamond'

April 19-24

'April Dawn'
'Alpine Dew'
'Anna Baldsiefen'
'April Mist'
'Canobie Corsage'
'Conewago'
degronianum (FCC)
degronianum 'Rae's Delight'
'Gertrude Saxe'
Mehlquist 70023-1 'The Beginning'
'Milestone'
mucronulatum 'Crater's Edge'
'Mrs. Jeremiah Withington III'
'Planeview's Appleblossom'
'Pikeland'
'PJM'
racemosum X 'Tessa'
'Rik'
'Timmy Foster'
'Yellow Eye'

April 25-30

adenopodum
'Alice Swift'
'Arctic Dawn'
aureum X yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'
'Billy Bear'
'Blewbury'
canadense
degronianum var. mimata
degronianum 'Enamato'
'Ginny Gee'
'Gertrude Saxe'
'Intaglio'
'Isola Bella'
kaempferi (Melhquist)
keiskei 'Dwarf form'
keiskei 'Yaku Fairy' X racemosum (Patterson)
'Lemon Twist'
'Lilac Crest'
minus grp. carolinianum var. album X ludlowii
pseudochrysanthum 'Ben Nelson'
pseudochrysanthum (CSRG)
racemosum 'Apricot form' X keiskei (P4M 3025)
racemosum X keiskei 'Yaku Fairy' (P4M 1096)
'Red Quest'
reticulatum
schlippenbachii (Aplen)
schlippenbachii 'Sid's Royal'
schlippenbachii var. album
'Songbird'
'Vallya'
yakushimanum X elegantulum
yakushimanum X bureavii (Phila)

Elm Bank Display Garden Workday a Success

We had a very successful work party last Saturday thanks to 10 volunteers (close to a record) participating in the events. Tasks included completing the raking and removal of leaves from the garden, fertilizing all of the plants in the garden, spreading a 2nd truck load of mulch, and planting 42 groundcovers from Blanchette Gardens. My thanks goes to all those that participated and to Susan Clark for picking up the plants from Leo Blanchette.

Our next scheduled display garden work party is Tuesday, 4/25, at 9 am. I hope that you will be able to attend.

Someone left a hand cultivator at the garden Saturday and it is in the garden tool shed.

Pete Littlefield

P4M 2006 ROOTED CUTTINGS

Code	Name	Type	Hybridizer/Selector
202	'Accomplishment' red bicolor, -10degF	hy	Dexter
204	'Agatha' red, H2 (=Abington)	hy	Dexter
206	'Alice Poore'	hy	Dexter
208	'Andorra' pale pastel, fragrant, H3	hy	Dexter
212	'Ashes of Roses' H3 (fortunei hybrid)	hy	Dexter
214	'Barnstable' salmon-pink, H2, fragrant, 4" flower (Brown #1)	hy	Dexter
219	'Betty Hume' light pink, H2, heavy texture	hy	Dexter
225	'Champagne' pink apricot, H3	hy	Dexter
232	'Delicate Splendor' picoteed white, low	hy	Dexter
237	'Dexter's Cream' cream, fragrant, H3-4	hy	Dexter
251	'Dexter's Spice' (DE #968) white, H3, +5degF, heavily scented	hy	Dexter
263	'Festive Feast' pale bluish pink (Ross FF)	hy	Dexter
266	'Forestdale' Dexter 128	hy	Dexter
267	'GiGi' (Ross GG) red, H2, dark striping	hy	Dexter
268	'Glenda Farrell' (Ross RR) red, H2, early	hy	Dexter
270	'Great Eastern' (Dexter 109) dark pink, H2	hy	Dexter
274	'Hatchville' (Dexter 121) almost white	hy	Dexter
275	'Helen Everitt' white, H2, fragrant (F2 Dexter)	hy	Dexter/Everitt
279	'Hunting Hills' deep pink, white center H2	hy	Dexter
287	'Lady of June ' pink, tall	hy	Dexter
290	'Lavender Princess' (Bosley #1021) lilac, H2-1	hy	Dexter
292	'Madison Hill' (SW 12500-2) pink, compact	hy	Dexter
304	'Parker's Pink' (Parker #1PP) pink, H2, fragrant	hy	Dexter
316	'Rona Pink' dark rose pink, H3-2	hy	Dexter
323	'Tan' (Winterthur) buffy yellow, pink, H3	hy	Dexter
333	'Westbury' (Phipps #3) pink, gold center, H2-1 (fortunei hybrid)	hy	Dexter/Phipps
343	'Xerox' picotee, red and white	hy	Dexter
360	Dexter #10	hy	Dexter
365	'Bellringer' #1 creamy white, H2, compact, fragrant (fortunei x wardii)	hy	Consolini
382	'Delayed Surprise' pink, H2, late (maximum x Dr. Dresselhuys)	hy	Wister
383	'Fairmont Lodge' red pink, tall, late, H3-2 (SW 53-393-1)	hy	Wister
385	'Glenolden' apricot pink (Everitt F2 Dexter o.p.)(Wister 60 R 9)	hy	Wister
387	'June Fire' late, red white bicolor (complex catawbiense/fortunei hybrid)	hy	Wister
391	'Sparkling Jewel' ruffled white, yellow throat	hy	Wister
435	'Peaches' (Gable 49-64) peach, H2	hy	Gable
443	'Minas Maid' pink, H2 (yakushimanum hybrid)	hy	Swain
463	R. decorum 0degF	sp
536	R. yakushimanum 'Mist Maiden'	sp	Leach
541	'Wheatley' (Phipps #2) pale pink, good truss (Westbury x Meadowbrook)	hy	Dexter/Phipps
544	'Henry Yates' pale cream, H2 (wardii x)(= #615)	hy	Gable
545	'Cadis' A.E. pink, H2, fragrant	hy	Gable
552	'Dorothy Amateis' purple with blotch, H1-2	hy	Amateis
559	'Harold Amateis' red, H3-2 (maximum x strigillosum)	hy	Amateis
563	'Mary Fleming' yellow with pink, H2, low, lepidote (keiskei hybrid)	hy lep	Nearing
572	'Anna Baldsiefen' pink, H2, lepidote	hy lep	W. Baldsiefen
582	R. kiusianum album	sp ev az
612	'Years of Peace' clear pink, H2 (Mrs. C.S. Sargent selfed)	hy	Mezitt
615	'Henry R. Yates' cream, H2-3 (wardii hybrid)	hy	Gable
627	R. discolor (= fortunei ssp. discolor)	sp
634	'Blue Peter' blue with blotch, H2	hy	Waterer et al
665	R. keiskei Tall form	sp lep
668	'Lee's Dark Purple' H2-1	hy	Lee
691	'Yaku Sunrise' (yakushimanum x Doncaster)(English hybrid)	hy
698	'Madame Masson' white, yellow blotch, H2 (catawbiense x ponticum)	hy	Bertin
713	'Hanna Hershey' (= Catfortcampy' #2) apricot pink, H3-2	hy	Gable
716	'Haag's Choice' (Haag #1) rose pink, H1	hy	Gable
719	'Katherine Dalton' pink, H2 (fortunei x smirnowii)	hy	Gable
720	'Maxhaem Salmon' salmon pink, H2 (=Maxhaem #7)	hy	Gable
723	R. fortunei Gable selection	sp	Gable
724	'Atroflo' rose, -5degF (Atrosanguineum x floccigerum)	hy	Gable
729	'Judy Spillane' (SW 58-333A) pink, H2-1 (maximum hybrid)	hy	Wister
734	'Peach Brandy' (SW 58-279F) apricot pink	hy	Wister
858	R. yakushimanum dwarf	sp
903	SW 58-299C	hy	Wister
911	R. kiusianum 'White'	sp ev az	Cox
919	'Gillie' (Robin Hill)	ev az	Gartrell
941	R. hippophaeoides 'Haba Shan' lavender, -10degF	sp lep	Phettplace
951	'Dr. H. B. Reid' (H2)	hy	H. Reid
992	'Llenroc' light pink, -20degF (carolinianum x mucronulatum Cornell Pink)	hy lep	Mezitt
994	'Weston's Pink Diamond' pink, H2 (PJM x mucronulatum)	hy lep	Mezitt
1012	'Silvery Pink' (=Pioneer Silvery Pink)	hy lep	Hoogendorn
1020	'Amazement' yellow, fragrant, H3 (fortunei x croceum)	hy	Hardgrove/Royce
1102	'Yaku King' pink, red buds (King Tut x yakushimanum)	hy	Shammarello
1117	'July Hope' late, H1-2 (maximum x Andorra)	hy	Wister
1131	'Midsummer' late bloom, pink and white	hy	Waterer
1194	'Eileen Hall' (=Hall P2)	hy	Hall
1201	Phipps #32	hy	Phipps
1209	Ross L Dexter red, somewhat like 'Gigi'	hy	Dexter
1227	HE 141-75 yellow center, pink rim (Heritage)	hy	Dexter
1316	'Bonnie Maid' pink, -10degF	hy	M Hall/Brown
1380	Consolini 5SR red	hy	Consolini
1404	'Yaku Princess' light pink, -10degF (King Tut x yakushimanum)	hy	Shammarello
1437	'Dextanea' white with brown blotch, H1	hy	Nearing
1487	'Loderi' hardy form white, 0degF	hy	Loder
1491	Mars x Pygmalion	hy	Hall
1526	'Smirfort' light pink, H2	hy	Gable
1543	'White Swan' white, H3 (decorum hybrid)	hy	Waterer et al
1596	'1890' fragrant, apricot-yellow (fortunei hybrid)	hy	F. Moniz
1620	R. bureavii x yakushimanum	hy
1632	R. xanthocodon hardy	sp lep	Nearing
1637	R. yakushimanum Rainier, tight form	sp
1651	'Cheer' , H2, early	hy	Shammarello
1656	'Sham's Candy' , H2-1 (Pinnacle x Pink Cameo)	hy	Shammarello
1663	'Blue Ensign' , H2	hy	Slocock
1666	'Ruth Davis' (metternichii x yakushimanum)	hy	Gable/Davis
1708	R. adenophorum Greer	sp
1725	R. bureavii Lem form -10degF, brown indumentum	sp	Lem
1808	'Schamenek's Glow' (R. smirnowii x yakushimanum)	hy	Schamenek
1820	R. fargesii (central China)	sp
1841	R. decorum Gable hardy form, white	sp	Gable
1916	'Jane Abbott' H1, fragrant pink	dec az	Mezitt
1954	'Sphinx'	hy	Luenenschloss
2035	'Blue Ridge' blue, H2, lepidote	hy lep	Russel/Haag
2074	'Emperor Waltz' pink (Caroline x fortunei Mrs Butler Clone D)	hy	Walbrecht/Brooks (ARS)
2085	'Fairmont Pride' deep rose with blotch (SW 53-593-3)	hy	Wister
2109	R. yakushimanum 'Huey' (tight growth)	sp
2158	'Grandma Matilda' blue, H2-1 (minus hybrid)(formerly Matilda)	hy lep	Yavorsky
2163	CJ #101 H1, compact, indumentum (yakushimanum hybrid)	hy	Patterson
2181	'Georgette of Quail Hollow' pink, H3-2	hy	Dexter
2211	R. yakushimanum x Leo	hy
2224	'Dr. Rock' sunset shades, H2-3 (vernicosum hybrid)	hy	Gable
2269	R. yakushimanum 'Pink Parasol' 73-093	sp
2302	'Andrew Paton' white, raspberry blotch, -10degF (Scintillation x calophytum) (e)	hy	Swift
2303	'Brick Dust' yellow rose, H3, compact (williamsianum hybrid)	hy	Henry
2352	'Kalinka' (yakushimanum hybrid) rose pink	hy	Hachmann
2356	'Goldkrone' yellow, red spots, -5degF (wardii hybrid)	hy	Hachmann
2357	'Banana Flip' pale yellow (fauriei hybrid)	hy	Hachmann
2370	'Barmstedt' rose, -10degF (yakushimanum hybrid)	hy	Hachmann
2375	'Porzellan' white, frilly, -10degF (yakushimanum hybrid)	hy	Hachmann
2386	'Viscy' orange to yellow, H3 (campylocarpum hybrid)	hy	Hobbie/Hachmann
2387	'Fantastica' (Mars x yakushimanum pink	hy	Hachmann
2420	'Malta' pale flesh pink, low, -20degF, lepidote (Pioneer selfed)	hy lep	Leach
2511	R. vernicosum pink, -10degF	sp	van Veen
2527	'Isabel Gable' peach, H2-3 (vernicosum hybrid)	hy	Gable
2546	Dexter Everett's Coral Bells	hy	Dexter
2684	'Duke of York' A.M. pink, H3-2 (fortunei x Scipio)	hy	Paul (1894)
2725	'Drum Roll' white, pink flush, -20degF, lepidote	hy lep	Foster
2797	'Swansdown' white, H2-1 (catawbiense hybrid)	hy	Leach
2808	'Ballad' pink with red blotch, -15degF (America hybrid)	hy	Leach?
2815	Baden-Baden x maximum, dwarf, rosy	hy	Barber
2887	R. bureavii x yakushimanum 'Ken Janek'	hy	C. Smith
2895	'Plum' plum pink, H3	hy	Gable
2928	'Babylon' white with red blotch, H2, early	hy	Reuthe
2939	'Pink Sherbet' deep pink, -15degF (yakushimanum hybrid)	hy	Larson/Davis
3056	R. yakushimanum 'Angel' white, narrow leaves	sp	Greer
3080	'Ruth Hines' (fortunei x Essex Scarlet) pink	hy	Shapiro
3092	'Butter' (Champagne x campylocarpum) yellow, H3	hy	Robbins
3142	'Great Smokey'	hy	Haag
3257	'Bea MacDonald' HE(EC) 83-85 (Heritage)	hy	Cowles/Collins
3507	Hager's AG-10 deep salmon	ev az
3508	KN beige #5 (near big hemlock) salmon beige	hy	Knippenberg
3519	'Elsmere' yellow, -25degF (Chesapeake seedling)	hy lep	Nearing
3551	Trilby x yakushimanum low pink, large truss	hy	Rosenthal
3552	'Pink Tip' white with pink edge	hy	Pride
3564	'Pink Fondant' pink, H2 (wardii hybrid)	hy	Gable/Pride
3575	'White Ruby' ruffled white, red throat, H2, fragrant	hy	Hall
3608	'Crete' white, -15degF, low (smirnowii x yakushimanum)	hy	Leach
3642	HE(BM) 41-86 red bitone (EC 41-84) (Heritage)	hy	Cowles/MacDonald
3659	'Bea's Glory' light gold, early	hy	MacDonald/Brooks
3896	'Jane Grant' (yakushimanum x smirnowii)	hy	Mehlquist
4041	R. yakushimanum x Gold Mohur x Lachamas Spice x lacteum	hy	Delp
4134	'Wynterset White' white ('Snow' is an invalid name)	hy	Kordus
4137	'Nepal' white, waxy flowers, -25degF (catawbiense hybrid)	hy	Leach
4183	'Cyprus' (formerly Capri #1105)	hy	Leach
4210	'Maud Corning' (Brittania x Skyglow)	hy	Dexter
4236	R. maximum red bands on flowers (Gable Red Max seedling)	sp	Delp
4273	'Tiana' white, purple blotch (yakushimanum x Sappho)	hy	Murcott/ Brack
4428	R. yakushimanum	sp	Mossman
4488	R. makinoi x pachysanthum	hy	Gable
4507	R. carolinianum album compactum (RSF 75/133)	sp lep
4522	'Calsap' white, purple blotches (Catalgla x Sappho)	hy	Michener
4533	'Aloha' H2 (Vulcan x yakushimanum)	hy	Phetteplace/Paden
4538	'Very Berry' large rosy red, -10degF?	hy	Greer
4546	'Independence Day' red, H2 (maximum hybrid)	hy
4646	'Windmill'	hy	Consolini
4665	'Weston's Crescendo' (PJM hybrid)	hy lep	Mezitt
4666	'New Patriot' dark pink (PJM x)(Weston)	hy lep	Mezitt
4696	'Jericho' yellow, H2,	hy lep	Leach
4708	'Irresistible' (SW 279-I)(Scintillation x haematodes)	hy	Wister
4723	'Holly Hill's Late Pink' end of June, -15degF	ev az	Schroeder
4754	'April White' pure white, semi-double, -25deg (dauricum hybrid)	hy lep	Mehlquist
4777	'Manitau' light pink (Windbeam o.p. seedling) (Conestoga hybrid)	hy lep	Nearing
4793	'Applause' white, -20degF (Catalgla x williamsianum hybrid)	hy	Leach
4795	'Lem's Stormcloud' scarlet, white throat, -5degF	hy	Lem
4804	'Plane View Appleblossom'	hy lep	Medeiros
4829	'Big Deal' pale yellow, -15degF	hy	Mezitt
4846	HE(EC) 74-86 yellow (Heritage)	hy	Cowles/Collins
4848	HE(BM) 27-91 bicolor (Heritage)	hy	Cowles/MacDonald
4853	'Jeanie Gillis' light purple, fades to white with yellow center(HE 85-80)	hy	Cowles/Kellam
4891	'Summer Summit' pink fading to white, -20degF (maximum hybrid)	hy	Leach
4923	'Ernie's Yellow' clear medium yellow, domed	hy	Berube/MacDonald
4933	'Inheritance'	hy
4956	HE(EC) 23-87 (HE(BM) 108-86)(JB 2-88) (Heritage)	hy	Cowles/Collins
4981	HE 40-85 white, ruby center (Heritage)	hy	Cowles
4983	'Vinecrest' pale yellow	hy	A Smith
4989	Consolini P241	hy	Consolini
5000	'Barbara Ann'	hy	Wrightington
5002	'Hong Kong' light yellow, tall, hH1	hy	Leach
5008	'Dutchess' Sapho-like bloom	hy	Barber
5109	'Magic Mood'	hy
5110	'Reid's Pink Delight' (78-10)	hy	H Reid
5113	'Fedora' open pollinated (='Canobie Sunset')	ev az	Perkins
5179	'Amethyst Ice' pale amethyst, fragrant, bud hardy-23degF (P7601A)	hy	J Parks
5180	'Anne Goss' lght pink with dark blotch, bud hardy to -17degF (P8406A)	hy	J Parks
5220	R. bureavii x yakushimanum Hatch small clone	hy	Hatch
5252	Phipps #31 apricot	hy	Phipps/Dexter
5307	'Cowles' Beryl Coronet'	hy	Cowles/J Leonard
5317	'Max Resnick' vivid pink (Mars x Idealist #1)	hy	Resnick/Brown
5336	'Jenny Lind'	hy
5337	'Ruth Mottley' –5degF, purplish pink, yellow throat,	hy
5363	'Gene's Candy Stripe'	dec az	Gingras
5406	'Blue Baron'	Hy lep	Weston
5471	'Wedding Cake'	hy
5475	HP 1000-3 (Heritage Plantation)	hy
5478	Helene Everitt o.p. seedling	hy
5481	'Beauty Spot'	hy	Shapiro
5489	SW 58-281G (Swarthmore)	hy
5544	'White Peter' -25deg, white with	hy	Mehlquist
5624	'Fred Peste'	hy	Paste
5676	'Overture' 0degF	hy	Nicollela
5677	'Patricia Bosley'	hy
5693	'Gregory Bald'	dec az
5695	R. smirnowii x Medusa (red fm)	hy
5718	'Hino Crimson'	ev az
5729	'Caronella'	hy lep	Weston
5742	'Cocheco Sweet Perfume'	hy	Parks
5744	'Cocheco Big George'	hy	Parks
5745	'Cocheco Raspberry Swirl'	hy	Parks
5777	'Crystal Yellow'	hy	Delp
5814	'White Surprise'	hy lep	Leonard/Mehlquist
5853	‘Cocheco Pink & Sweet’ (Pink)	hy	Parks
5854	‘Cocheco Purple Butterfly’	hy	Parks
5870	‘April Mist’ (Pale lavender/double)	hy lep
5878	‘Salmelia’ (Salmon/double)	hy lep	Furman
5881	'Sky Hill Rose'	ev az	Furman
5903	‘Wee Bee’	hy lep	Berg
5907	Cowle's BM 1-8-86 JB 2-88 91S-264	hy
5932	'Gwen' (R. fortunei hy) (pink)	hy
5993	BG-10	hy	Cole
6009	R. pseudochrysanthum (FCC selfed) white/pink	sp	Becales
6020	‘Brittany’	hy lep	Leach
6036	Epoch X Barto's Blue	hy lep
6041	'Laura W.' (ruffled pink)	hy	Parks
6042	'Moira Forbes' (ruffled pink)	hy	Parks
6053	'Shapiro's Pincushion' (soft pink)	ev az	Shapiro
6073	'Cocheco Belle' (pink)	hy	Parks
6074	'Cocheco Roselegans'	hy	Parks
6096	'Rocky White' fragrant, (Catalgla x fortunei)	hy
6098	R. maximum 'Dee Walker' White to dark rose	sp
6112	'Cocheco Pink Tiara'	hy	Parks
6113	'Cocheco Roseum Queen'	hy	Parks
6114	R. aureum x yakushimanum 'K Wada'	hy	Berg
6121	'Better Late'	hy	Shapiro
6124	Heck's Mrs. C.S. Sargent x yakushimanum	hy	Barber
6127	Heck's Hesperia x Pebble Beach	hy	Barber
6128	Heck's 77-2, pale pink fragrant	hy	Barber?
6129	R. brachycarpum Heck's good foliage	sp	Barber
6131	Heck's Better than Rio	hy	Barber
6133	Heck's brachycarpum hybrid orange-pink dwarf	hy	Barber
6135	Heck's kelecticm x carolinianum #1 dwarf pink	hy lep	Barber
6136	Heck's Catalgla x (aureum x yak)	hy	Barber
6137	Heck's Better than Henry's Red	hy	Barber
6139	R. dauricum, Hzakawa, Heck's dwarf creeping, purple, early	sp lep	Barber
6140	Heck's unknown lepidote, shiny leaf with glaucous underleaf	hy lep	Barber
6179	unnamed Mehlquist "Multicolor"	lep	Mehlquist
6180	R. kiusianum 'Harunaomi' rose	sp ev az
6182	Canobie Candela (cumberlandense hybrid) fragrant peach	dec az	Perkins
6183	R. arborescens 'White Lightening' white yellow blotch	sp dec az	Towe
6185	Girard Variegated, red	ev az
6186	‘Prune Danish’	hy lep	Patterson
6189	'Dr. Purcell' (R. maximum X Leo)	hy
6190	HE(EC) 1-86	hy
6191	HE 69-86 (peach)	hy
6192	89S28	hy
6193	R. brachycarpum (Rock Form)	sp	Rock/Planting Fields
6194	‘Marie Starks’ yellow with red blotch	hy	Murray/Starks
6196-1	Heck's R. campylogynum hybrid, pink tubular flower H1	hy lep	Barber
6196-2	'Scintillation' Voss form	hy	Voss
6197	Heck's R. brachycarpum hybrid #4, pink	hy	Barber
6201	Heck's Catalgla x yak (Pride)	hy	Pride/Barber
6203	R. aureum x brachycarpum Tigerstedii	hy	Barber
6204	Sapporro x (Party Pink x Pink Fondant)	hy	Barber
6205	Purpureum Grandiflorum x calophytum	hy	Roslyn Nursery source
6206	Catalgla x Bow Bells (=1358)	hy	Stuart
6208	Heck's Better than Pink Twins	hy	Barber
6209	Hecks' Better than Findlandia (Boule de Neige x williamsianum	hy	Nova Scotia/Barber
6210	Hecks' Catalgla x yak #2 (Pride)	hy	Pride/Barber
6211	Heck's Touch of Pink	hy	Barber?
6212	R. brachycarpum Heck's#3	sp	Barber
6213	Heck's brachycarpum hybrid #3	hy	Barber?
6214	Heck's arborescens hybrid deep pink/yellow flare	dec az	Barber?
6215	Heck's arborescens (Concord, NH Cemetary)	sp dec az	Barber?
6216	Heck's Arnold (probably hybrid kaempferi)	ev az	Barber
6217	Heck's R. brachycarpum hybrid, pink dwarf	hy	Barber?
6218	Heck's R. arborescens hybrid yellow blotch	dec az	Barber?
6219	Consolini Super Red (Ray Carter selection)	hy
6220	'Gilbert Myers' (Blue Peter o. p.) –15degF white, purple margins	hy	Myers
6221	'Noble Mountain' 0degF pink, red spots	hy	Peste
6222	COXE no. 26 Pink buds open large white flowers	hy	Dexter
6223	‘Cocheco Prince Royal’	hy	Parks
6224	‘Parkwoods Pink Nymph’	hy	Parks
6226	'King's Ride' (insigne x yak) pink, good foliage	hy	Crown Estate
6227	Clarkie
6228	‘Magic Lily’, hose-in-hose, white	ev az
6238	R. kiusianum 'Miyamanokatsura'	sp ev az
6242	'Lorry Roeder' ((yak x rex)#4) ruffled white, red blotch/spots	hy	Patterson