American Rhododendron Society Web Site ARS
navigation menu background

Rhododendron of the Year Plant Awards: 2007


Great Lakes USA Region

R. 'Calsap'

Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Calsap'

Flower white with a dark red blotch, reverse flushed very pale purple, tubular funnel-shaped, wavy edges, 2¾" across.  Conical-shaped truss holds 18 flowers.  Blooms late midseason.  Leaves oblong shaped with apiculate apex and cuneate base, convex, 5½" long, emerald green, retained 2 years.  Plant needs some sun for dense habit.  Grows to a typical height of 4 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -25°F (-32°C).  Hybridized by Michener.

   
R. 'Milestone'

Lepidote Rhododendron: 'Milestone'

Flower vivid purplish pink, holding intensity until maturity, openly funnel-shaped, frilly lobes, 2" across.  Held in trusses of 3-10 flowers.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves oblong, with acute apex and cuneate base, about 1" long, glossy, medium green with rust-colored scaly indumentum, mahogany-colored in winter.  Foliage retention 10-20% in winter.  Dense, compact growth habit.  Prefers some sun.  Grows to a typical height of 3 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Hybridized by Mezitt.

 
R. 'Bixby'

Evergreen Azalea: 'Bixby'

Flower red, unmarked, openly funnel-shaped, wavy edges, 1¼" across.  Flatted, dome-shaped truss with 3 flowers.  Blooms late midseason.  Leaves obovate shaped with mucronate apex and cuneate base, concave, bullate, light green colored, retained for 2 years.  Dense, compact and spreading plant habit.  Typically grows 2 ft. high in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -20°F (-29°C).  Hybridized by Mezitt.

 
R. 'Cecile'

Deciduous Azalea: 'Cecile'

Flower salmon pink with yellow blotch on upper lobe, tubular funnel-shaped, 3" to 5" across.  Ball-shaped, dense truss contains 8-11 flowers.  Blooms midseason to late midseason.  Leaves elliptic with acute apex and cuneate base, deciduous.  Upright, open habit.  Grows to a height of 6 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -5°F (-21°C).  Initially raised by Lionel de Rothschild.

Photos (top to bottom) by Don Hyatt, Sally and John Perkins, Sally and John Perkins, Jim Whillhite.

Prior Years Selections for Great Lakes USA Region

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

 

2006

2005

2004


American Rhododendron Society
P.O. Box 43, Craryville, NY 12521
Ph: 631-533-0375   E-Mail: member@arsoffice.org
©1998-2024, ARS, All rights reserved.