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olive green leaves, held for 2-3 years, shroud this well-branching
undercarriage. (Hachmann 1985) 12”- 15”
Landmark (Counterpoint x Carolina Rose)
Sun & Heat Medium 4’ Early April Magenta -25°F.
Prodigious bud production occurs at the end of each branching terminal
as clusters open to form dome-shaped blooms with 6 wavy-edged lobes
of strong purplish-red with very faint red freckling within. From a distance,
the bloom color appears to be almost red. A lavish display of
elliptically rounded green leaves in spring change to a beautiful orangemahogany
in the fall, retaining 75% of those leaves throughout the
winter. This plant grows more upright than broad. (Mezitt, Weston 1996)
10”- 12”
Langworth (R. fortunei x Sappho)
Sun Tall 6’ Early May White Maroon-Eye -5°F.
A vigorous, widely branching plant, heavily blanketed with matte green
concave leaves. Magnificent white flowers are eclipsed with an imposing
deep maroon eye freckling on the upper lobes, classically presented in
great quantity. (Slocock 1932) 15”- 18”
Laramie (R. yakushimanum ‘Exbury form’ x R. macabeanum
Some Shade Medium 4’ Early April White 0°F.
Buds of soft lavender-pink open to display wavy-edged ball-shaped
white blooms with nuances of green and highlighted by a very deep
purple-red flare/freckling on the dorsal lobes. Semi-glossy deep olivegreen
leaves above are coupled with thick beige indumentum below that
nicely blanket this rounded well-branching silhouette. (Barlup 1998)
12”- 15”, 15”- 18”
Lavender Haze (R. yakushimanum x Purple Splendour)
Sun Low 3’ Mid-May Lavender -10°F.
These remarkable parents have produced this lovely prodigy. Deep lavender
buds open to rounded wavy-edged lavender flowers that fade in
time. This dense, mounding plant is well-furnished with lush forest green
leaves held for 3 years. (Meinsing, Hall) (Fall 2012) 6”- 8”
∗Lee's Dark Purple (R. catawbiense hybrid)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6' Late May Purple -15°F.
A dependable old time plant is still noticed and revered by the public. A
plant with a trim, somewhat spreading, open growth habit has arching
branches bearing dark sage green leaves held for 2 years. The large,
showy dome-shaped dark purple blooms are classically presented with
great distinction. (Lee 1851) 8”- 10” thru 12”- 15”
∗Legend (Point Defiance x Lem’s Monarch) (Tetraploid)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Mid-May Pink-White 0°F.
A bounty of deep ruby-red buds unfurl to parade large ball-shaped
blooms that feature a white throat and a periphery of thin deep red
picotee margins. This well-branching superstructure is handsomely silhouetted
with amply produced deep woodland green leaves. This cultivar
has a strong affinity to budding much younger than both of its parents.
(Barlup 1997) 10”- 12”, 15”- 18”
∗Lemon Dream (Creamy Chiffon x R. yakushimanum Exbury)
Sun Low 3’ Late May Yellow 0°F.
A compact stately plant, clothed with handsome smooth-textured deep
green leaves held for 2 years, is covered with a well-branching infrastructure.
The greatest attribute of this plant is the late bloom time, when
very few yellows show color. Rounded vivid yellow blooms showcase
this wonderful springtime parade of color. (McCulloch, Briggs 1999)
10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Lemon Embers (Percy Wiseman x Recital)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3' Late May Canary Yellow 0°F.
A profusion of fire engine red buds fade when opening to bright
canary yellow 4½” rounded blooms with a strong dusty pink flower
margin/tips and additionally ornmented with a moderate magenta
dorsal flare which consists of striating rays that terminate in small
freckles in an upward explosion. Strong purple-pink midribs also
decorate each flower from throat to flower terminous. This rounded
well-branching plant is beautifully superstructured with deep olivegreen
leaves held for 2 years. (Barlup 2005) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
∗Lem's Cameo (Dido x Anna) (Diploid)
Some Shade Medium 5' Early May Apricot Cream +5°F.
The very large ball-shaped trusses of frilled apricot to cream flowers
with red spotting in the throat are enhanced by bronze-colored juvenile
foliage that slowly changes to a dark emerald green. The somewhat
upright and spreading plant branches well, buds as a 3-4 year-old and
consistently thereafter. One of the true standards of any garden is to have
this plant. (Lem 1975) 6”- 8” thru 12”- 15”
∗Lem's Monarch (Anna x Marinus Koster) (Tetraploid)
Some Shade Tall 6' Early May Pink/Rosy Edge +5°F.
A vigorous, well branching and rounded growing plant displays sensationally
large full-dome trusses of pink with darker pink margins. The
large, thick deep green leaves are held for 2 years. Even though this plant
buds as a 5-6 year old, it is a pleasure to wait for. (Lem, Fisher, Bell
1996) 8”- 10” thru 24”- 30”
Lem’s Tangerine (Margaret Dunn x [Anna x King of Shrubs])
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Early May Salmon-Orange 0°F.
This rhododendron is a challenge to propagate, and as a result limits it’s
availability. However, dogged persistence does allow for occasional successes.
Distinctive salmon-orange ball-shaped blooms generates the
possibility that bright orange rhododendrons may one-day be a reality.
The plant carriage is upright and moderately branching as it displays lush
olive green leaves. (Lem, Newcomb 1987) (Fall 2012) 6” - 8”
∗Leo (Britannia x R. elliottii)
Some Shade Medium 5' Mid-May Deep Scarlet 0°F.
Beautiful waxy deep scarlet flowers of large dome-shaped proportions
are enhanced by a rounded, broadly branching plant with oblong slightly
recurved matte medium green leaves held for 3 years. (Rothschild 1948)
10”- 12”
Leo x Britannia
Some Shade Medium 5’ Late May Red 0°F.
This revered Whitney cross has for years now captivated all who pass by.
This stunning 15’ plant displays amply produced matte green leaves that
densely covers this rounded, somewhat upright superstructure. Deep
waxy red ball-shaped blooms abundantly produced, beautifully ornament
this plant. (Whitney, Sather) 10”- 12”
∗Light Years (Nancy Evans x Mrs. Furnival)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Pink-Yellow 0°F.
This mounding plant is handsomely canopied with an abundance of deep
forest green leaves, above which a bounty of magenta buds open to
exhibit stately ball-shaped blooms with pale pink margins that fade to
soft nuances of yellow along with red-orange freckling within. Additional
highlights include an irregular 1” soft yellow calyx and bright fuchsia
colored midribs. (Barlup 1996) 12”- 15”
Lionel’s Red Sheild (America x Carmen)
Sun or Part Shade Semi Dwarf 2½’ Late April Red -15°F.
Currant red flowers held in laxed-shaped bloooms of 2-6. Buds are
almost black red. Widely spreading plant, blanketed with forest green
leaves which circumvent this compact, low growing plant. (Rothchild,
Brueckner 1988) (Fall 2012) 6”- 8”
Lisetta® (Ovation x Erato)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Red -10°F.
One of the many challenges in hybridizing has always been to
develop a true, low growing, hardy, and well-structured plant.
Several new German hybrids as Lisetta, Busuki and Rabatz have
met that challenge. Dark red buds open to parade lavish red ballshaped
blooms with faint freckling within. Amply produced deep
green leaves beautifully circumvent this compact, well-branching
superstructure. (Hachmann 2001) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
∗Liz Ann (Selected seedling of R. sargentianum)
Some Shade Dwarf 1’ Early May White -5°F.
This extraordinary plant creates the most interesting accent for the landscape,
as the bounty of diminutive forest green leaves are covered by
elegantly shaped small blush pink fading to white, tubular flowers borne
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