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Rhododendron of the Year Plant Awards: 2017


Great Lakes USA Region

R. 'Wyandanch Pink'

Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Wyandanch Pink'

Flower purplish-pink with deep pink spotting on upper lobe, openly funnel-shaped, wavy edges, 3½" across.  Upper lobe fades to white and spots age to greenish-yellow.  Dome-shaped truss has 10-14 flowers.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves elliptic, convex, broadly acute apex, cuneate-oblique base, 7" long, olive green, retained 3 years.  Upright, spreading, dense habit.  Grows to a typical height of 6 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Hybridized by Dexter.

   
R. 'Floda'

Lepidote Rhododendron: 'Floda'

Flower purplish-pink edged lighter, fading to white with pink stripes and with a light orange-yellow blotch, openly funnel-shaped, 2" across.  Flattened, ball-shaped truss has 3 to 8 flowers.  Blooms very early.  Leaves elliptic, flat, acute apex, cuneate base, 1½" long, glossy, retained 1 year.  Spreading plant habit.  Autumn foliage red-colored.  Reaches a height of 3 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -25ºF (-32ºC).  Hybridized by Waldman.

 
R. 'Rosebud'

Evergreen Azalea: 'Rosebud'

Flower strong purplish-pink, flushed with slight veining of deep purplish pink, broadly funnel-shaped, double, hose-in hose, 1⅛" across.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves elliptic, 1" to 1½" long, glossy, mid green.  Spreading, dense habit.  Grows to a height of 4 ft. in 10 years.  Hardy to -10°F (-23°C).  Received the ARS Award of Merit in 1972 and the First Class Certificate in 1975 from the Royal Horticultural Society.  Hybridized by Gable.

 
R. 'Old Gold'

Deciduous Azalea: 'Old Gold'

Flower pale orange buff flushed and overlaid with rose and with an orange blotch, opens widely "butterfly" shaped, 2⅛" to 2¾" across.  Round, compact trusses have 7-15 flowers.  Deciduous.  Open, broad, irregular habit.  Typical height: 4 ft. in 10 yrs.  Cold hardy to -25° F (-32° C).  Raised and introduced by Edmund de Rothschild.

Photos (top to bottom) by Boris Bauer, Sally and John Perkins, Sally and John Perkins, Harold Greer.

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