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)