RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS PINKS

2923

Mid season. 1.2m

The pink flowers gradually fade to pale pink with red spotting on top floret $44.00

1229

Very early. 1.2m (caucasicum hybrid)

Warm pink buds open into small round trusses that are blush pink, fading to almost white. A must for winter colour. Requires a frost-free position. $44.00

2068 DENALI

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Vanessa Pastel’ x ‘Pink Walloper’)

A very strong growing rhododendron which has dark green bold foliage and equally beautiful, large trusses of a deep rose pink shade. $44.00

1035

Late mid season. 1.8m

(griersonianum x ‘Countess of Derby’)

Large deep rose pink trusses. Grows quickly to a large well shaped bush. $44.00

2960

Early. 2.5

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Magnificent large lavender pink flowers held in a cone shaped truss. Vigorous habit. $44.00

Late mid season. 1m (yakushimanum x ‘Bud Flanagan’)

Raised at Cross Hills. This compact growing variety smothers itself in deep pink buds that open to a softer pink, aging through to white. The white flowers have a bold dark maroon blotch on the upper petal - very striking. The deep green foliage sets off these attractive white flowers. $44.00

1299 DOC

Mid season. 1m

(yakushimanum x ‘Corona’)

The compact rose pink flowers have a deeper rose margin. The flowers shade through to almost white after being out for a while. The deep pink and paler pink flowers form a pretty combination. Plant habit is very compact. Ideal small garden.

2962

Early mid season. 1.2m

Stunning leaves with a hot pink perfect flower. The foliage is enough to sell this plant. Gorgeous brown indumentum. $44.00

1881

Late mid season. .75m

(yakushimanum x ‘Medusa’)

The flowers are a bright coral pink shading through to pale creamy apricot. Dense, dark green leaves on a compact plant. Very floriferous.

2707 DREAMLAND

Mid season. 1.2m

(yakushimanum hybrid)

Dark red-pink buds open to pale pink flowers. Plant grows as wide as it is tall, very attractive shape. $44.00

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Mid season. 1.5m

Salmon-orange trusses with wavy margins. Upright. $44.00

2537

Mid season. 1m (‘Mars’ x yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’) Flowers of neyron rose, shading to white in the throat. Attractive dark green foliage, with woolly indumentum beneath. A lovely plant for both flower and foliage-lives up to its name! Tolerates both hot & cold conditions. $44.00

2768

Mid season. 1.2m (Unknown)

Pale pink flowers with apricot and yellow hues in the throat. Unusual star-shaped flowers, complemented by attractive foliage. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.5m (‘Dexter’ hybrid)

The frilled, light pink truss has a distinctive green flare on the upper petal. This compact robust growing plant has attractive foliage. $44.00

1484 KIMBERLY

Early mid season. 1m (fortunei x williamsianum)

Kimberly is covered with slightly fragrant, pastel pink flowers in the spring and attractive bright purple bud scales in winter. The leaves are moss green, the plant habit being nicely compact. $40.00

2690

Mid season. 1m (yakushimanum x ‘Doncaster’)

The lilac-pink buds open into frilled, soft pink fading to white flowers, with a little green speckling on the upper segment. Hardy plant. $40.00

2540

Mid season. 1.2m (yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ x ‘Omega’)

The frilly carmine pink edges of these flowers shade through to a cream centre. Prolific flowerer. Compact growth habit. Very pretty flowers. $44.00

Mid season. .75m

Pale pink flowers frilled at edges fades to cream. Hardy, compact grower with white indumentum. $44.00

1342 LEM’S CAMEO

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Dido’ x ‘Anna’)

Beautiful, delicate apricot cream and pink flowers. The edge of the florets are frilled. The new foliage is bronze and later changes to a nice shiny green. Requires excellent drainage. Still the most sought after rhododendron. $44.00

Early. 1m

(‘Unknown Warrior’ x ‘Noyo Brave’)

The strong rose flowers form ball shaped trusses. Attractive dark green compact foliage showing its Noyo Brave parentage. $44.00

2842

Mid season. 1.2m

Blush pink buds open to creamy white flowers. A little gold spotting in the throat. $44.00

Mid season. 1m (williamsianum x ‘Lem’s Goal’)

For a small compact plant ‘Maureen’ has unusually large, light mauve pink flowers. The small rounded leaves are an attractive feature of this plant. $50.00

1280

Mid season. 1.8m

(‘Anna’ x ‘Marinus Koster’)

A particularly robust plant that has both magnificent foliage and an exceptional flower. The large compact truss is a deeper pink around the edge and shades through pink, to almost white, in the centre of the floret. $44.00

Mid season. 1m

(yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ x ‘Spitfire’)

The deep rose red buds open to compact, rose shaded trusses that shade through to almost white in the centre of the flower. The new growth on this glossy dark green foliaged plant, stands up showing off the tan indumentum. Suited to both a hotter and colder climate. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.2m

(‘Golden Belle’ x ‘Lem’s Cameo’)

Frilled pink flowers with a rose margin and red blotch in the throat. Slightly perfumed, floriferous. Plant habit is rounded, broader than tall. Spinach green leaves retained for three-four years. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Naomi’ x)

Bright pink in bud opening with a cream centre edged with soft lavender. Attractive foliage typical of its Naomi breeding. $44.00

Mid season. 1.8m

(‘Jalisco’ x ‘Fawn’)

The delicate mushroom pink florets have a small red blotch deep in the throat. Attractive pale green foliage sets off this beautiful flower. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.5m

(‘Combe Royal’ x ‘Chevalier Felix de Sauvage’)

Bright pink flowers with distinctive wine blotch. Compact growth habit. One of the showiest and most popular rhododendrons. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(Unknown)

Beautiful for both its foliage and flower. It has a soft pink, large compact truss. The leaves are quite large and medium green, reasonably dense growth habit. $44.00

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Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Big Sam’ x ‘Lem’s Cameo’)

Large blooms of china rose shading to maize yellow and burnt orange spotting within. Compact and broadly branched shrub, amply covered with parsley green, elliptic foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1m

(yakushimanum x ‘Fabia Tangerine’

A compact plant with dark green foliage. Deep pink in bud opening into soft pinkylemon, hose-in-hose flowers, fading to cream. Very pretty soft colourings. $44.00 next column...

Mid season. 1.8m (fortunei x campylocarpum hybrid) Smokey in bud, opens buff with very smokey markings and a green eye. A most unusual and delicate colour combination. Attractive foliage is an added bonus. Sweetly fragrant. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.2m (‘Jean Marie de Montague’ x degronianum ssp yakushimanum) Showy ball shaped trusses of deep pink with a purplish red edge and light purplish pink in the throat. Dense rounded plant. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Lem’s Cameo’ x ‘Tomeka’)

Bright pink with apricot yellow centre and a maroon blotch. Open growth habit. $55.00

1283

Early mid season. 1.8m

(‘Van Nes Sensation’ x decorum)

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Fusilier’ x ‘Unique’)

Bright neyron rose flowers on a nice shaped plant. A very showy variety, a strong colour that stands out from a distance. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(Unknown)

The nice compact truss has a bright rose pink edging shading through to a white centre with wine speckling in the throat. Good dark green foliage. $44.00

The soft blush pink florets have a lighter centre with a small lemon blotch in the throat. Fragrant, prolific flowerer. Tough, leathery leaves on upright, spreading growth habit. Fills a big gap!

Late mid season. 1.2m (Peach hybrid x ‘Lem’s Cameo’)

Peachy flowers are a strong purplish pink at the edges with dorsal spotting of brilliant orange. Upright growing plant. $55.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Countess of Derby’ x ‘Countess of Derby’)

Lovely clear pink gigantic trusses with a frilled edge. Good foliaged plant the large leaves being a lighter green than many rhododendrons. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Lem’s Cameo’ x ‘Pink Petticoats’)

Up to 34 lovely frilled flowers make up the very large compact truss. The colouring is shades of old rose and ivory. The foliage is characterised by long, thick stems proportionally large to support the huge trusses. $44.00

Very early. 1.8m (arboreum x ponticum)

Flowers of crimson, with a blue tinge. A vigorous plant, of good habit. Heattolerant. A street tree in New Zealand. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Lem’s Cameo’ hybrid)

Salmon pink flowers with a small wine blotch at the base of the throat. $44.00

1352 WINSOME

Mid season. 1m

(‘Humming Bird’ x griersonianum)

This variety tolerates both colder and warmer climates. Deep rose pink in bud, opening into softer rose pink, trumpet shaped flowers. Compact plant which flowers prolifically. $44.00

 1412 BLUE GEM

Early mid season. .3m

This very small, compact rhododendron smothers itself with tiny bright pinkish purple flowers. Suitable for a rockery. $40.00

1590 BLUE BOY

Late. 1.2m

(‘Blue Ensign’ x ‘Purple Splendour’)

Violet flowers of good substance with prominent, almost black triangular blotch in throat. Floriferous. $44.00

2764 BLUE JAY

Late mid late season. 1.2m (selected seedling ponticum) A vigorous plant covered by bright green foliage. The profuse lavender blue flowers have a distinctive brown dorsal blotch. $44.00

1553 BLUE DIAMOND

Early mid season. .75m

(‘Intrifast’ x augustinii)

This plant has many small blue flowers all along the stems. It prefers a sunny location. Foliage turns to bronze in cold winters. $40.00

1323 BLUE RIVER

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Van Nes Sensation’ x ‘Emperor de Marac’)

This pale lavender variety has a fairly dense broad growth habit. Prolific flowerer. $44.00

2056 BLURETTIA

Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Blue Peter’ x yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’)

The frilled edges of this flower are mauve purple, shading lighter towards the centre. Red stems are a feature of the attractive foliage. $44.00

1412 BLUE GEM

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1137 BLUE PETER

Mid season. 1.5m

(Probably a ponticum hybrid)

The lavender blue flowers, with a dark purple blotch, form a compact frilly truss. Good deep green foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1m

(‘Ilam Violet’ x ‘Blue Diamond’) Electric blue flowers. Good trusses. Compact plant habit. Bronze-green foliage in winter. $40.00

Late mid season. 1.8m (‘America’ x ‘Purple Splendour’)

A good strong growing rhododendron. The large, wine purple flowers have a deeper purple eye. $44.00

Late. 1.2m

(‘Melanie Shaw’ x ‘Brenda Lee’)

The wavy edged, vivid violet purple flowers shade to strong purplish red in the centre with prominent black flares on the upper lobes. Dense foliage and spreading habit. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.8m (ponticum x ?)

Deep mauve flowers with a distinctive dark maroon blotch. Strong growing plant, with attractive foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1.8m (catawbiense x ponticum)

Hardy sun tolerant lavender purple. Double flowers make this rhododendron a little different. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.5m

(‘Purple Splendour’ x ‘Blue Peter’)

Phlox purple flowers with a large eye of maroon and black in the centre of the dorsal lobe. Dark glossy green leaves. Open habit. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.5m

Deep violet blue flowers form compact little trusses. Tall upright growth habit. Bronze coloured foliage in the winter. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m

Frilled wide open lilac flowers with paler centre and wine red blotch. $44.00

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Late mid season. 1.5m

Large trusses of deep red purple completely cover this attractive plant. Each flower has a large deep purple blotch on the upper lobe. Leaves have a leathery texture. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Humboldt’ x ‘Direcktor E Hjelm’)

The large trusses are a deep mauve pink shade with a distinctive dark wine blaze on the upper lobe of the florets, a showy flower. Tough leathery foliage with striking red leaf petioles. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.5m (fortunei x ‘Lady Grey Egerton’)

A good looking plant having glossy foliage. The compact flowers are lavender in the bud opening a soft pinklavender, with a small gold flare. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Cup Day’ x ‘Purple Splendour’) Flowers of soft red purple with heavy, dark spotting on upper lobe and centre of floret. Dark green, glossy foliage. A striking plant. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(Probably a ponticum hybrid)

Unusual port wine colouring. Quite different to all other purples. Attractive foliage and very compact growth habit. $44.00

Late. 1.2m

(catawbiense x unknown)

Good strong growth habit, with dark wavy foliage. The royal purple flowers form a compact truss. $55.00

Mid season. 1.2m (Unknown)

This is a different shaded purple, being a more mauve-purple rather than a black purple. The florets have a striking white centre. Lightish green foliage. $44.00

Late. 1.5m (Unknown)

Mauve flowers, with a darker centre, compact-growing. Free flowering. A good hardy variety. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Mars’ x ‘Purple Splendour’)

Waxy, very deep reddish-purple flowers with brown spotting. Excellent domeshaped trusses. Upright plant, leaves held for three years. $44.00

Late. 1.5m (Unknown)

Deep purple-violet flowers, with bronzygreen blaze on upper lobe. $55.00

Early mid season. .5m (‘Blue Diamond’ x ‘Sapphire’)

Deep violet blue flowers make a charming display on this small leaved hybrid. Sun – tolerant. $40.00

Early. 1.2m

(carolinianum x dauricum)

This hybrid is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat and sun. It has attractive mahogany coloured, aromatic foliage, in the winter and spring, setting off the small bright lavender pink flowers beautifully. $44.00

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Early. 1.5m

(Unknown)

Large, soft lavender flowers with darker purple spotting. $44.00

Violet purple flowers with a green blotch $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Viennese Waltz’ x ‘Olin O. Dobbs’) Named to commemorate 100 years of nursing in NZ. Striking large trusses of mauve with a deep wine purple throat. Dark green foliage. Reliable and hardy. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

A slow growing plant that has very dark green foliage and delicate, blue-lavender flowers with deeper purple spotting. Compact growth habit. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.5m (‘Purple Splendour’ x)

Deep, rich, purple flowers and dark green foliage. Dense, compact plant habit. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.2m (‘Hachmann’s Diadem’ x ‘Hyperion’) The flowers are pale purple fading to white with a prominent blotch of deep purplish red. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.8m

Pale lilac flowers with a lemon eye. Slightly scented. Attractive foliage growing into a large tree in time. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.2m (ponticum hybrid)

Probably still the darkest purple available, the black blotch on it making it look darker. Requires a well drained situation. $44.00

Early mid season. 1m (augustinii x impeditum)

An upright growth habit, floriferous. Clusters of little lobelia blue flowers cover the plant in spring. Foliage turns to a bronze colour in the winter. $44.00

Early mid season. .5m (fastigiatum x carolinianum)

Tolerates both sun and partial shade - very hardy. The very small attractive aromatic foliage changes colour through the year, deep metallic in winter, to dusky grey blue new growth. It flowers prolifically, a lively bluish-violet colour. $40.00