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Rhododendron Hybrids - Oranges & Apricots

Early mid season. .5m (‘Yaku Fairy’ x fletcherianum) The truss of this hardy little dwarf is composed of six small, clear yellow wavy flowers. Will stand full sun. Very dense growth. $40.00

1214 SAFFRON QUEEN

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Early mid season. 1m (xanthostephanum x burmanicum) Smallish bright yellow, trumpet shaped flowers. Prolific flowerer quite early in the spring. $44.00

2548 SPICED HONEY

Early mid season. 1.5m (macabeanum x ‘Unique’) Apricot pink buds, paling to barium yellow, flushed pink flowers with a deep maroon blotch. Bold felted foliage. $44.00

2927 TWEETY BIRD

Mid season. 1.5m (Unknown) Very good strong yellow flower, bright maroon-red throat with spotting and ruffled edges. Trusses of up to 22. $44.00

2914 VICKI HARRIS

Mid season. 1.5m

(No image available) Clear yellow flowers. $44.00

2645 YELLOW BUTTERFLIES

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Hotei’ x ‘Edwin O Weber’) Soft lemon flowers, with extensive red pepper flares on the upper lobes of the flowers. Enlarged calyx. Paler green leaves on densely foliaged bush. $44.00

2577 YELLOW PETTICOATS

Mid season. 1m (‘Hotei’ x [‘Pink Petticoats’ x wardii]) This aptly named deep yellow rhododendron has frilly flowers. Plant habit is quite compact. Likes a well drained, cool site. $44.00

1061 AUTUMN GOLD

Late mid season. 1.5m (fortunei ssp. discolor x ‘Fabia’) This heat tolerant rhododendron has interesting, slightly twisted, medium green foliage and beautiful salmon orange trusses. A deep orange eye glows at the centre of the flower.

$44.00 2895 BUNA

Mid season. 1m (‘Yaku Sunrise’) x (‘Lem’s Cameo’) Peachy cream buds open to well formed, star-like, creamy yellow flowers. Very floriferous. Compact, dense mounding habit and deep green foliage. $44.00

1769 BUTTERMINT

Mid season. 1m (‘Unique’ x [‘Fabia’ x dichroanthum subsp. apodectum]) Orange buds open into yellow flowers with red dorsal spotting and blended red markings on the outside of the flowers. Very compact growth habit. $40.00

Ginger Rogers Foliage. No flower photo available.

2836 GINGER ROGERS

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Coker’s Pink’ x ‘Lem’s Cameo’) The flowers are apricot and lemon with a deep burgundy, almost black throat blotch. Deep bronze new foliage. Heavy bloomer. $44.00

2667 GOLDEN PHEASANT

Mid season. 1.5m

(No image available) (‘Day Dream’ x ‘Margaret Dunn’) Vibrant bright flowers, orange centre, hot pink-brilliant crimson outer. Compact bush habit. $44.00

2070 JOHN’S MEMORY

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Nancy Evans’ x [‘Lem’s Cameo’ x ‘Colonel Coen’]) Reddish pink buds opening peachypink shading lighter with a small reddish flare. Compact rounded truss. $44.00

2872 KIWI MUM

Early mid season. 1.2m (‘Kiwi Magic’ x ‘Nancy Evans’) Apricot flowers tinged with salmonyellow. Tight, bushy plant. $44.00

2710 LEM’S TANGERINE

Late mid season. 1.5m (‘Margaret Dunn’ x [‘Anna’ x ‘King of Shrubs’]) Perfect truss of orange red, but nearer to orange than red. Light green foliage and bronze new growth. $44.00

2756 PETTICOAT LANE

Mid season. 1m (‘Butter Brickle’ x ‘Noyo Chief’) Full rounded trusses, open cream & bright peach quickly maturing to soft shades of peach, pink, apricot and lemon with red spotted petals. Compact rounded habit, dark green heavily ribbed foliage with red stems. $44.00

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2131 RACHAEL

Mid season. 1.2m (chlorops x ‘King of Shrubs’) Raised at Cross Hills. Perimeter of the florets is soft orange shading to a soft yellow centre - very pretty tonings. Attractive foliage also. $44.00

2571 SEAVIEW SUNSET

Mid season. 1m (‘Nancy Evans’ x ‘Canadian Sunset’) Vivid reddish orange in bud, flowers open light yellow with a broad band of reddish orange and mature pure yellow. Slightly glossy dark green foliage. Compact habit. $44.00

2552 SEPTEMBER SONG

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Dido’ x ‘Fawn’) Rich pinkish-orange flowers, one of the deeper, in this toning. Compact plant wider than tall. Free flowering. Nice foliage. $44.00

1402 TENSING

Late mid season. 1.5m (‘Fabia’ x ‘Romany Chai’) The large trusses are a clear coral-salmon colouring. Good foliage and plant habit.

$44.00

2863 UNIQUE MARMALADE

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Orange Marmalade’ x ‘Unique’) Bright red buds open to rosy pink flowers with an orange throat. Wavy edged with delicate spotting. Lower growing, compact plant. $44.00

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