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∗Cynthia (R. catawbiense hybrid x R. griffithianum) (Triploid)
Sun & Heat Tall 6’ Mid-May Rosy Red -15°F.
An upright, open and vigorous growing plant that may need additional
pruning, from time-to-time, to maintain it’s shape. However, this oldtime
favorite has attractive large high-dome trusses of rosy-red with dark
spotting. The dark green leaves are held for 2 years. (Standish & Noble
1870?) 8”- 10” thru 24”- 30”
∗Dad’s at a Distance (Ring of Fire x Pink Petticoats)
Some Shade Medium 4’ Early May Yellow Orange 0°F.
A good friend, who just recently passed away, gave us this plant, and we
will always think of him as we pass by. Generously produced jade green
leaves beautifully cover this rounded silhouette. Above this leafy canopy
are ball-shaped blooms with red-orange margins highlighted by a
golden-yellow throat with freckling . This plant is a sister seedling to
‘Dad’s Indian Summer’ (Thompson) (Fall 2012) 6”- 8”
Dad’s Indian Summer (Pink Petticoats x Ring of Fire)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Early May Orange-Red 0°F.
A plant with a good disposition is clothed with lush green leaves, generously
presented, that shroud this upright, well-branching plant. Salmoncolored
blooms have pale creamy centers and red-orange margins that
form rounded, somewhat laxed-shaped bunches of springtime color.
(Thompson 1996) 10” - 12”
Dame Nellie Melba (Standishii x R. arboreum) (Triploid)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Mid-March Rosy Pink 0°F.
A very attractive, broadly branching mounding plant, handsomely ornamented
with smooth-textured dark green foliage held for 3 years. Large,
globe shaped rosy pink blooms accented by red freckling within, first
appear on the plant as a 4-6 year old, and consistently thereafter. (Loder
A. M. 1926) 12”- 15”
Daniela [Samtkrone x (Mars x R. yakushimanum ‘Koihiro Wada’)]
Sun Low 3’ Mid-May Salmon Pink -15°F.
This magnificent plant grows twice as wide as tall and is clothed with
well-furnished forest green leaves that become absolutely smothered
with rosy-pink rounded trusses of opulent generosity. (Hachmann 1984)
12”- 15”
Dan's Early Purple (Unknown)
Sun or Pt. Shade Medium 5' Early April Magenta Purple -5°F.
For many years. this plant slipped by us until one of our many customers
called our attention to this very early blooming purple.
Amply produced purple buds open to exhibit medium lavender-blue
rounded blooms highlighted with deep freckling within. The plant
habit is upright and well-branching, canopied with lustruous deep
green leaves held for 2 years. (Bones) 12"- 15"
∗Daphnoides (R. virgatum x)
Sun Low 3' Late May Lavender Blue -10°F.
A dense, heavily foliaged, mounding plant with multi-branching stems,
covered with unique and distinctive small glossy tightly spaced dark
green leaves. The small, prolific full-dome trusses with slight red freckling
in the upper lobes are another added bonus. (T. Methven & Son
1868) 6”- 8” thru 12”- 15”
∗David (Hugh Koster x R. neriiflorum)
Some Shade Tall 6’ Early May Red +5°F.
Frameworked with handsome well-furnished deep woodland green
leaves, this upright, multi-branching superstructure is additionally ornamented
with a shroud of opulent red blooms with ruffled margins and
showy white anthers. Even after 60+ years, the popularity of this plant
does not wane. (Swaythling 1939) 6”- 8” thru 10”- 12”
Desert Sunrise (Unknown x Unnamed Whitney hybrid) x Pierce’s
Apricot
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late April Yellow 0°F.
Synonym: Painted Desert. This well-furnished moderate olive green
leafy canopy nicely mantles a plant that grows twice as wide as tall.
Vivid coral-red buds open to present light orange-yellow interior flower
color blending to moderate dusty pink, highlighted by a red flare within.
The exterior flower color parades nuances of light orange-yellow blending
to a moderate dusty pink. The bloom size is 3½” tall by 4¾” wide.
(Barlup, Johnson 2005) 12”- 15”
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Dexter’s Champagne (Unknown)
Sun/Part Shade Medium 4’ Early May Buff/Pink/Apricot -15°F.
A wealth of eye-catching shapely blooms which includes an uncommon
blend of buff, suffused with pastel pink and apricot underscored on a
white background, all beautifully poised above forest green leaves that
completely surround this rounded, broadly branching attractive plant of
moderate stature. (Dexter, N. Y. Botanical. Garden, Westbury Rose Co.
1958) 12”- 15”
Dexter’s Harlequin (Pygmalion x [R. haematodes x Wellfleet] x
Unknown)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5’ Early May Pink White -5°F.
A well-proportioned shrub of moderate stature, amply clothed with
glossy olive green leaves nicely displaying ball-shaped bicolor flowers
of dark pink transcending to a pale white throat highlighted by thin rays
of deep magenta from throat to flower edge. (Dexter, Vossberg, Tyler
Arboretum, 1983) 15”- 18”
∗Dexter’s Peppermint (R. fortunei hybrid)
Sun/Part Shade Medium 4’ Early May Fragrant Lilac -5°F.
A moderately-sized plant, upright and spreading, clothed with dark green
leaves, but best of all is the delightful fragrance from the bounty of pale
lilac-pink blooms, sporting a green eye in the upper lobes. Another wonderful
attribute is the heavy bud production as a very young plant.
(Dexter 1978) 8” - 10”, 10”- 12”
Dexter’s Pink Satin (Unknown)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Mid-April Pink -5°F.
Ball-shaped pink blooms have ruffled dark pink margins, highlighted by
a brown flare in the upper lobes and dark red freckling within. The
rounded, well-branching plant is beautifully outlined with deep emerald
green leaves held for 3 years. (Dexter) 15”- 18”
∗Dexter’s Vanilla (Unknown)
Sun/Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Scented White/Pink 0°F.
Scented 7-lobed creamy white flowers with margins and veining of dark
pink are additionally highlighted with a small mahogany flare within.
Blooms are held in laxed-shaped trusses of 8 large flowers each 3½”.
Smooth-textured dark green leaves nicely blanket this compact, wellproportioned,
rounded plant (Dexter, Cowles, Heritage Plantation 1977)
15”- 18”
Dexter’s Victoria (R. catawbiense x R. smirnowii)
Some Shade Tall 6’ June Pink 0°F.
A well-proportioned shrub, furnished with nice glossy forest green
leaves majestically bearing shapely deep pink blooms with a greenishbrown
eye in the throat, all poised in bunches of 15 flowers per truss.
(Dexter, Cowles, Heritage Plantation 1977) 15”- 18”
Doc (R. yakushimanum x Corona)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3' Early May Pink -15°F.
The abundantly produced rosy-pink full-dome trusses have deeper shadings
on the margin, with gold spotting on the upper lobes. The medium
shaped green leaves have no indumentum, but handsomely silhouette
this rounded, broad and well-branching plant. (Waterer, Sons & Crisp,
1972) 10”- 12”
Dopey (eriogynum hybrid x Fabia) x (R. yakushimanum x Fabia
Tangerine)
Some Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Red -15°F.
The deep glossy red free-flowering blooms beautifully cover the abundantly
produced medium-sized green leaves with no indumentum . The
growth habit is compact and well-branching. Weevil like this plant.
(Waterer, Sons & Crisp 1971) 12”- 15”
∗Dora Amateis (R. carolinianum x R. ciliatum)
Sun Semi-Dwarf 3' Late April Scented White -15°F.
A tight and dense growing plant, with nicely textured foliage of lance
like dark green leaves that change to hues of burnt almond in the fall.
Free-flowering scented white flowers - flushed pale pink have faint
green freckling in the throat. Older plants may require shearing to
improve shape. (Amateis 1955) 8”- 10” thru 15”- 18”
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