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eautifully framework a well-branching wider that tall growing plant.
(Barlup 1999) 8”- 10”, 12”- 15”
Rosalie Hall (R. degronianum ssp. yakushimanum x Double Winner)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Early May Red 0°F.
A multitude of red buds open to show off rosy-red ball-shaped blooms
with 19 flowers, 5 wavy-edged lobes that fade to a deep purplish-pink
throat with red rays within, This well-branching rounded plant is beautifully
circumvented with amply produced deep green leaves above and
brownish-orange felt-like indumentum below. The juvenile new foliage
is a pale grayish-yellow color that transitions to a deep green. (Newcomb
1979) 8”- 10”
Rosa Perle (R. makinoi hybrid)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-June Rose -10°F.
A multitude of buds open to a beautiful display of rosy-pink ball-shaped
blooms enhanced with red freckling within. After bloom, blush white to
pale beige juvenile foliage transforms to a distinctive periphery of long
and narrow pointed dark jade green leaves. This leaf canopy profiles a
well-branching, rounded undercarriage. Buds at an early age. 10”- 12”
Rose Dew (Percy Wiseman x Recital)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late May Yellow/Pink 0°F.
Bright flourescent pink buds open to exhibit 6” ball-shaped blooms
with a pale yellow-green throat gradually transitioning toward pale
dusty pink and finally to wavy-edged margins and midribs of bright
purple-pink. A magenta-red flare/freckling in the throat highlights
each of the 15 flowers in this bloom. This well-branching, dense
plant is canopied with deep olive-green leaves held for 2 years, on a
silhouette that is broader than tall. (Barlup 2007) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Roseum Elegans (R. catawbiense hybrid)
Sun & Heat Tall 6' Late May Rosy Lilac -25°F.
This excellent rock-hardy, dependable plant remains compact and well
furnished with matte deep olive green leaves, which become almost
obscured by the spectacular springtime show of rosy-lilac blooms.
(Waterer 1851 ±) 10”- 12” thru 15”- 18”
Roseum Pink (R. catawbiense x unknown)
Sun & Heat Tall 6’ Late May Lavender Pink -25°F.
This is yet another 150 year-old English hybrid that has survived the very
worst of weather conditions. This plant is smothered in rounded lavender-pink
wavy-edged blooms enhanced by a showy red flare within. This
vigorous, upright and mounding plant is densely blanketed with lustrous
deep green leaves abundantly produced and beautifully presented.
(Waterer 1850±) 8”- 10”
Ross Maud (Fusilier x Unique)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late April Pink + 5°F.
This Australian introduction exhibits a bounty of ball-shaped flowers of
bright pink, emerging from good-looking foliage, amply supplied on a
rounded well-branching plant. This plant blooms at a very young age and
consistently thereafter. (Bramley 1975) 8”- 10”, 12”- 15”
Royal Ruffles (Mrs A. T. de la Mare x Purple Lace)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5’ Early May Purple-Pink 0°F.
Blooms of conical outline open to reveal wide edging of deep purplishpink,
that transcends to a very pale lavender throat. The upper lobes are
highlighted by a bright greenish-yellow flare. The matte deep green
leaves are held for 2 years and completely circumvent this broadly
branching plant that grows as tall as wide. (Sanders 1996) 12”- 15”
Rubicon (Noyo Chief x Kilimanjaro)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Early May Red +5°F.
A well-proportioned plant with superb glossy dark green foliage , displaying
abundant ball-shaped cardinal red blooms eclipsed with black
freckling within. (Gordon, New Zealand 1979) 12”- 15”
∗Ruby Hart ([Carmen x Elizabeth] x R. elliottii)
Some Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ Early May Red +5°F.
Deep waxy red lax-shaped blooms are very free flowering with heavy
substance. The glossy oblong dark emerald green foliage is retained for
3 years on a dense, compact and well-branching plant. It blooms as a
young plant and very consistently thereafter. (Whitney, Sather 1976)
10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Ruby Parasol (Sport of Pink Parasol)
Sun or Part Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ Mid-May Pink/White -25°F.
A very dense and compact growing plant circumvented with deep
green leaves above, coupled with fuzzy beige indumentum below
attached to red leaf petioles that extend into the leaf rib. A profusion
of pink buds open to parade wavy-edged, rounded crinkly flowers of
white with nuances of pale pink. (Briggs) 8”- 10”
Ruffles (R. catawbiense x)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5' Mid-May Orchid -15°F.
A rather open and spreading plant, branching only moderately well, bearing
medium-sized moss green foliage held for 2 years. The globularshaped
ruffled orchid flowers are nicely displayed with great freedom.
(Unknown) 12”- 15”
∗Saffron Silk (Nancy Evans x (Odee Wright x Crest)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Early May Yellow -10°F.
A wealth of bright salmon-orange buds open to dome-shaped trusses
of 14, broadly funnel-shaped with wavy-edges, vivid yellow midribs,
and dorsal lobes and a greenish-yellow throat. This upright, somewhat
spreading plant is nicely circumvented with semi-glossy, elliptically
shaped dark woodland green leaves held for 2 years. (Fujioka
2005) 10” - 12”
∗Saint Merryn (Saint Tudy x R. impeditum)
Sun/Pt. Shade Semi-Dwarf 2' Mid-April Blue Violet -5°F.
This densely foliaged and finely branched plant has small beautifully
textured dark green leaves superimposed with small funnel-shaped blueviolet
trusses borne with remarkable floral splendor. (Harrison 1971)
8”- 10”
∗Saint Minver (R. russatum x Saint Breward)
Sun Low 3’ Late April Violet-Blue -10°F.
A dense, rounded and compact plant with a close-knit habit is handsomely
clothed with a framework of smaller forest green leaves, generously
produced from which a prodigious array of blooms is presented.
(Harrison 1973) 10”- 12”
Sanders’ Low Yellow (Karen Triplett x R. yakushimanum x Mrs.
Lammot Copeland)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Yellow 0°F.
A bevy of lustrous, elliptically shaped deep green leaves, are held for
3 years, beautifully covering this multi-branching rounded plant.
Light greenish-yellow blooms with a small vivid yellow-green flare
within measures 3” tall by 4½” wide. (Minch, Sanders 2001) (Fall
2012) 6”- 12”
∗Sapphire (Blue Tit x R. impeditum)
Sun/Pt. Shade Semi-Dwarf 2' Mid-April Light Blue -5°F.
A bushy, rounded and broadly branching plant exhibits distinctive dusty
green leaves bearing small widely funnel-shaped light blue trusses elegantly
displayed. Flowers profusely and reliably each spring. (Knap Hill
Nursery 1958±) 8”- 10” thru 12”- 15”
∗Sappho (Unknown)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6' Mid-May White/Purple Eye -5°F.
This strong, open and spreading plant can become rather leggy with
age; therefore additional shaping/pruning may be needed. A large purple
eye, poised on a canopy of somewhat narrowly elliptic, amply
furnished dark green leaves, accents the stately dome-shaped white
flowers. This old time favorite buds young and consistently. (A. Waterer
1867±) 6”- 8”, 8”- 10”, 15”- 18”, 18”- 21”
∗Sappho Sport
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Mid-May White Gold Eye -5°F.
We are fortunate to have a very mature specimen of Sappho close to
our office, which allows us to monitor it constantly. Otherwise we may
not have seen this unusual proliferation of glossy very textured, convexed,
irregularly shaped deep green leaves that amply profile this
upright somewhat meandering growth habit. Both plants grow identically
and may require some intervention by pinching &/or pruning. The
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