HYBRID RHODODENDRONS

These are seedlings grown from a hand-pollination done here at the RSBG utilizing the famous and beautiful Lushan form of fortunei with its large rounded leaves and deep pink, large and fragrant flowers combined with our hardiest form of griffithianum in an attempt to “redo” the original cross that resulted in the famous “Loderi” grex of hybrids.  Please let us know how your plant survives and what the flowers look like when it blooms.   

These are seedlings grown from a hand-pollination done here at the RSBG utilizing the famous and beautiful Lushan form of fortunei with its large rounded leaves and deep pink, large and fragrant flowers combined with our hardiest form of griffithianum in an attempt to “redo” the original cross that resulted in the famous “Loderi” grex of hybrids. Please let us know how your plant survives and what the flowers look like when it blooms. These are nice large seedlings.

This is a hand-pollination done here at the RSBG utilizing one of our darkest purple forms of huanum combined with our hardiest form of griffithianum in an attempt to develop either a fragrant and large-flowered purple or a more intensely colored ‘Loderi’ type. Either outcome would be quite outstanding. Please let us know how your plant survives and what the flowers look like when it blooms.

These are seedlings grown from a hand-pollination done here at the RSBG utilizing our hardiest form of griffithianum crossed with the newly introduced and stunning species R. polytrichum. The latter species features massive and lightly fragrant white flowers with impressive large, glossy and hairy foliage. These should be vigorous and very large plants eventually with large leaves and comparably large flowers. Please let us know how your plant survives and what the flowers look like when it blooms. These are nice large seedlings.