Rhododendron of the Year Plant Awards: 2022 North West USA and Canada Region |
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Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Chemainus' Flower opens inside deep purplish pink with deep red spots on upper lobe becoming solid near throat; outside deep pink, color fades with age, funnel-campanulate, wavy-edges, 3" across. Dome-shaped truss holds 18 flowers. Blooms early season. Leaves elliptic, broadly acute apex, rounded base, 6" long, glossy, dark bluish green, retained 3 years. Orange bronze indumentum on underside of leaves and slight silvery tomentum above. Dense growth habit. Grows to a height of 4 ft. in 10 years. Plant is hardy to at least 10°F (-12°C), buds to 5°F (-15°C). Hybridized by Fujioka. |
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Lepidote Rhododendron: 'Wren' Flower pale yellow, unmarked, openly funnel-shaped. When in bloom flowers almost completely cover the plant. Blooms midseason. Leaves elliptic, about ¾" long, leathery, re-curved, glossy, dark green. Bronze colored in winter. Prostrate, mounding plant habit. Height: slow-growing, typically 2 ft. in 10 years. Cold hardy to 0°F (-18°C). Earned the RHS Award of Merit in 2013. Hybridized by Cox. |
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Evergreen Azalea: 'Frosted Orange' Flower white with strong reddish orange edges, funnel-shaped, single, 3" across. Blooms late midseason. Leaves narrowly ovate, leathery, dark green. Mounding plant habit. Grows to a typical height of 3 ft. in 10 years. Hardy to -5°F (-21°C). Hybridized by Harris. |
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Deciduous Azalea: 'Chetco' Flower vivid yellow with an vivid orange yellow blotch, reverse of tube strong reddish orange, 3½" across, widely funnel-shaped. Blooms midseason. Leaves elliptic, medium green, deciduous. Upright plant habit. Grows to a height of about 5 ft. in 10 years. Cold hardy to -15°F (-26°C). Hybridized by Slonecker. |
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Photos (top to bottom) by Frank Fujioka, Ken Cox, Tijs Huisman, Tijs Huisman. |
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Prior Years Selections for North West USA Region
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