Cross Hills Garden Nursery - Plant Guide 2023

PLANT REFERENCE GUIDE 2023

and Azaleas

NEW ZEALAND’S SPECIALIST GROWERS OF Rhododendrons

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These coloured symbols will be listed with each variety, where applicable, to denote the following features:

be grown in both warm and

Also available

RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS | ALPHABETICAL LIST

Use this list as a quick reference guide to see what hybrid varieties are available this year. On the following pages you will find each hybrid colour group with photos and descriptions:

(Red) Reds: Page 2

(Pink) Pinks: Page 6

(MBP) Mauves / Blues / Purples: Page 10

Pink Allen’s Surprise

Pink Anna Rose Whitney

C/W Apple Brandy

Pink Audacious

O/A Autumn Gold

C/W Belle Heller

L/Y Beverley Tasker

Red Bibiani

Red Black Magic

MBP Blue Boy

MBP Blue Diamond

MBP Blue Gem

MBP Blue Jay

MBP Blue Peter

MBP Blue River

MBP Blurettia

MBP Bob’s Blue

C/W Boddaertianum

L/Y Bonnie Doone

Red Brittenhill Bugle

MBP Bud Flanagan

MBP Bumblebee

O/A Buna

O/A Buttermint

C/W Carla Van Zon

Red Catherine Fairbank

C/W Catherine Trott

Pink Chemainus

Pink Christmas Cheer

L/Y Chrysomanicum

C/W Cinnamon Bear

C/W Coconut Ice

C/W Coker’s Cream

C/W County of York

C/W Cream Supreme

Red Crimson Pippin

Pink Cross Hills Royale

C/W Cunningham’s White

Pink Cupcake

Red Debbie

Pink Denali

Pink Doc

Red Dopey

C/W Dora Amateis

MBP Dorothy Amateis

L/Y Double Eagle

Pink Dreamland

Pink Earl Murray

C/W Eric’s Surprise

Pink Fantastica

(C/W) Creams and Whites: Page 14

(L/Y) Lemons and Yellows: Page 19

(O/A) Oranges and Apricots: Page 22

C/W Laramie

MBP Fastuosum Flore Pleno

C/W Fife

Red Fireman Jeff

C/W Floral Bouquet

C/W Floral Fete

Red Fred Robbins

Red Fusilier

C/W Gandy Dancer

Red Gibraltar

O/A Ginger Rogers

O/A Golden Pheasant

L/Y Golden Torch

C/W Gomer Waterer

Red Grace Seabrook

L/Y Graf Lennart

C/W Grumpy

C/W Gwava’s Special

Pink Hachmann’s Polaris

Red Halfdan Lem

Pink Helen Deehr

C/W Helene Schiffner

Pink Hinoki

C/W Holmeslee Pearl

L/Y Holy Moses

L/Y Honey Butter

Pink Hoppy

Red Huntington

C/W Ice Cube

MBP Iiam Violet X Blue Diamond

C/W Ilam Cream

Red Impi

C/W Ina Hair

Pink Irene Bain

MBP Irresistible Impulse

Red Jan Bee

Pink Janet Blair

Red Jean Marie de Montague

L/Y Jeanne Church

O/A John’s Memory

MBP Jonathan Shaw

MBP Kabarett

Red Kaponga

L/Y Karen Triplett

Pink Kimberly

L/Y Kit Collier

MBP Kokardia

C/W Kotuku

Red Lady in Red

MBP Lavender Girl

MBP Lee’s Dark Purple

L/Y Lemon Lodge

L/Y Lemon Marmalade

L/Y Lemon Mist

Pink Lem’s Cameo

Pink Lem’s Cameo x Yak

Pink Lem’s Monarch

O/A Lem’s Tangerine

Pink Lester Mckee

C/W Little White Dove

Red Lord Roberts

MBP Madam Cochet

C/W Madame Carvalho

Red Mandalay

MBP Marcel Menard

L/Y Mary Drennen

Pink Mary Tasker

Pink Maureen

L/Y Meadow Lemon

O/A Melrose Flash

C/W Merley Cream

C/W Mi Amor

L/Y Michael’s Pride

MBP Midnight

L/Y Mindy’s Love

Pink Morgenrot

C/W Morning Cloud

C/W Morning Magic

Pink Mrs G W Leak

C/W Mrs George Huthnance

MBP Mrs J P Lade

C/W Mrs John Millais

C/W Mt Everest

L/Y Nancy Evans

Pink Nasselle

C/W Neat O

MBP Oceanlake

Red Oklahoma

MBP Old Port

MBP Olin O. Dobbs

Pink Ooh Gina

Pink Opal Fawcett

MBP P.J.M.

MBP Patricia Crowley

L/Y Patty Bee

C/W Pawhuska

Pink Percy Wiseman

O/A Petticoat Lane

C/W Phyllis Korn

C/W Princess Alice

MBP Purple Heart

MBP Purple Passion

MBP Purple Splendour

Pink Queen Souriya

O/A Rachael

Red Raging Bull

MBP Ramapo

Red Red Olympia

MBP Registered Nurse

Red Robert Balch

Pink Ross Maude

Red Rubicon

Red Ruby Hart

Pink Ruth Mottley

L/Y Saffron Queen

Red Sammetglut

C/W Sappho

MBP Sapporo

C/W Schneewolke

O/A Seaview Sunset

C/W Senator Henry Jackson

O/A September Song

Red Sir Edmund Hillary

Pink Sir Robert Peel

C/W Snow Kist

Pink Solidarity

C/W Solway College

Pink Sophisticated Lady

C/W Southern Alps

L/Y Spiced Honey

MBP St Tudy

C/W Starbright Champagne

C/W Steads Best

MBP Susan

O/A Tensing

C/W Tiana

Red Tornado

Pink Trude Webster

C/W Tupare

L/Y Tweety Bird

Pink Twice As Nice

C/W Unique

O/A Unique Marmalade

MBP Van Nes Sensation

Pink Vandec

L/Y Vicki Harris

Pink Viennese Waltz

Red Vincent Van Gogh

C/W White Gold

C/W White Pearl

C/W White Waves

RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS REDS

Late mid season. 1.2m

(‘Jean Marie de Montague’ x ‘Leo’)

Dark black red flowers with matt forest green foliage. Floriferous. $44.00

O/A Whitney’s Orange

Pink Willetts

O/A Wind River

O/A Winnie Hayes

Pink Winsome

Red Witchery

O/A Woody Peach

C/W Yak Preyii

O/A yakushimanum x Fred Wynniatt

L/Y Yellow Butterflies

L/Y Yellow Petticoats

Late mid season. 1.5m

Very large red flowers that have a dark red eye in the shape of a bugle. Strong upright growth habit. $44.00

Very early. 1.5m

(‘Mosers Maroon’ x arboreum)

Waxy, dark red flowers with maroon spotting. Hardy. Flowers over a long period. Bushy growth habit. $44.00

1049 BIBIANI

1901 BLACK MAGIC Description next column...

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2695 BRITTENHILL BUGLE Description next column...

 2695 BRITTENHILL BUGLE

1638 CATHERINE FAIRBANK Description next column...

Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Noyo Chief’ x ‘Kilimanjaro’)

Compact dark red trusses with spotting, very attractive deep green, shiny foliage. $44.00

Mid season. .5m

(yakushimanum x sanguineum var. haemaleum)

Silver indumentum is a feature of the lovely foliage and the small, compact currant red flowers, are a bonus. Very compact habit. $40.00

Early mid season. 1.2m (‘Jean Marie de Montague’ x ‘Grosclaude’)

The brightest blood red, not a blue-red or orange-red, but a hot red. It has a huge calyx nearly as large as the flower itself. Well branched, medium green foliage which is held for 3 years. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.5m

(‘Jean Marie de Montague’ x strigillosum) This plant has both fine foliage and flower. It is an early blooming bright blood red. $44.00

Mid season. .5m

Blood red flowers. Dwarf compact plant. Fantastic foliage. $44.00

1702

Early. .75m

(‘Carmen’ x ‘Choremia’)

The leaves on this rounded little rhododendron are dark green and have silvery indumentum below. The bright crimson flowers have an obvious little calyx of the same colour. One of the darkest reds. $40.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Jean Marie de Montague’ x ‘Red Loderi’) This multiple award winning rhododendron, has huge, tight, bright red trusses and broad, thick, deep green leaves. A vigorous and attractive plant all round. $44.00

Mid season. 1m

([facetum x ‘Fabia’] x [yakushimanum x ‘Fabia Tangerine’])

The strawberry red flowers form an attractive ball-shaped compact truss. The plant habit is compact and upright, ideal for the small garden. $40.00

1043

Late. 1.5m

(elliottii x griersonianum)

The bright waxy, tomato red florets are spotted within. The compact densely foliaged bush has indumentum under the leaves. Bronze new foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1m

(Unknown)

Frilly, dark red flowers. Small leaves, low mounding growth habit. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.5m (No image available) One of the blackest reds available, having large trusses and attractive foliage of bright chestnut colour when young $44.00

 1638 CATHERINE FAIRBANK

2607 CRIMSON PIPPIN

2307 DEBBIE

1297 DOPEY

1474 FIREMAN JEFF

FRED ROBBINS

FUSILIER

1373 GIBRALTAR

1480 GRACE SEABROOK

1533 HALFDAN LEM

2897 HUNTINGTON

1483 IMPI Description next column...

Very late. 1.2m (sanguineum x ssp. didymum x ‘Moser’s Maroon’)

A very late flowering rhododendron that is an unusual black-red not very often seen. Interesting foliage a bonus. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.2m ([’Souvenir of Anthony Waterer’ x ’Direktör E. Hjelm’] x ’Marrakesch’)

Full trusses of vivid red, spotted black flowers. Compact growth habit. $44.00

Late. 1.5m

(‘Bellerophon’ x ‘Tally Ho’)

Bright red, waxy florets in a large wellformed truss on a good shaped bush. Good late flowerer, that grows into a large plant. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Captain Jack’ x ‘Kingianum’)

Tubular funnel shaped flowers are guardsman red with dark cardinal red spotting. The glowing red flowers are complemented by attractive foliage. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.2m (catawbiense x)

The flowers are deep red with a black blotch and are held in tight ball shaped trusses. Vigorous, rounded, upright growth habit. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.5m (Unknown)

Glowing red flowers held in a good shaped truss. Vigorous, tidy habit with excellent foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m (griffithianum hybrid)

Rated as being one of the best reds. It is both attractive for foliage and flower. Bright red flowers are complemented by thick, heavy sun tolerant foliage. $44.00

Late midseason. 1.2m (‘Scandinavia’ x ‘Fabia Group’) Cardinal red with darker spots. Compact plant habit with reddish new foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Anna’ x ‘Fusilier’)

The deep green foliage sets off the beautiful large, dark red trusses. The florets are openly cup-shaped displaying the prolific black spotting to advantage. An attractive different rhododendron. $44.00

Very early. 1.5m (arboreum sel. var. ‘Kermesinum’ x ‘Ivery’s Scarlet’)

The very compact, large trusses are a clear shining red. A valuable addition to your garden for early spring colour. $44.00

Mid season. 1.8m

Rich red flowers with darker spotting in the throat. Glossy green leaves. Prefers partial shade, but is wind tolerant. $44.00

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2136 JAN BEE

1535 JEAN MARIE de MONTAGUE

1037 KAPONGA

2757 LADY in RED

2779 LORD ROBERTS

2898 MANDALAY

1115 OKLAHOMA Description next column...

 1115 OKLAHOMA

2562 RAGING BULL

1512 RED OLYMPIA

2791 ROBERT BALCH

Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Noyo Chief’ x ‘Kilimanjaro’)

Probably one of the best reds for both foliage and flower. The cardinal red flowers are very compact as is the shape of the plant. The wonderful glossy green leaves show the influence of ‘Noyo Chief’. Long flowering period. $44.00

Very early. 1.5m

(arboreum seed gifted to Prime Minister Robert Muldoon by the Queen of Nepal on a visit to New Zealand) Well formed tight blood red truss. Attractive silver backed foliage. $44.00

Early mid season. .75m

([‘Carmen’ x ‘Elizabeth’] x elliottii)

Waxy dark red trusses on a compact plant. Attractive deep green foliage. $40.00

Mid season. 1.8m

([‘Wilgen’s Ruby’ x ‘Mayday’] x ‘Billy Bud’) Currant red flowers darker in the centre. Compact well rounded plant habit with mid green foliage. $55.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Mars’ x ‘Nova Zembla’)

Dark velvet, blood red flowers with prominent peach stamens. Upright growth habit, the foliage having an unusual twist to it. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m (Unknown)

The flowers are bright cerise red with white edging. Striking combination. $44.00

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Late mid season. 1.2m

(‘Mars’ x facetum)

Fiery red flowers that are so bright they seem to glow. The new growth is covered with silvery tomentum which is a show in itself.

1464 RUBICON

1249 RUBY HART

2515 SAMMETGLUT

2840 SIR EDMUND HILLARY

 2840 SIR EDMUND HILLARY

2838 TORNADO

2890 VINCENT VAN GOGH

1953 WITCHERY

RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS PINKS

2923

Mid season. 1.2m

The pink flowers gradually fade to pale pink with red spotting on top floret $44.00

1229

Very early. 1.2m (caucasicum hybrid)

Warm pink buds open into small round trusses that are blush pink, fading to almost white. A must for winter colour. Requires a frost-free position. $44.00

2068 DENALI

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Vanessa Pastel’ x ‘Pink Walloper’)

A very strong growing rhododendron which has dark green bold foliage and equally beautiful, large trusses of a deep rose pink shade. $44.00

1035

Late mid season. 1.8m

(griersonianum x ‘Countess of Derby’)

Large deep rose pink trusses. Grows quickly to a large well shaped bush. $44.00

2960

Early. 2.5

(No image available)

Magnificent large lavender pink flowers held in a cone shaped truss. Vigorous habit. $44.00

Late mid season. 1m (yakushimanum x ‘Bud Flanagan’)

Raised at Cross Hills. This compact growing variety smothers itself in deep pink buds that open to a softer pink, aging through to white. The white flowers have a bold dark maroon blotch on the upper petal - very striking. The deep green foliage sets off these attractive white flowers. $44.00

1299 DOC

Mid season. 1m

(yakushimanum x ‘Corona’)

The compact rose pink flowers have a deeper rose margin. The flowers shade through to almost white after being out for a while. The deep pink and paler pink flowers form a pretty combination. Plant habit is very compact. Ideal small garden.

2962

Early mid season. 1.2m

Stunning leaves with a hot pink perfect flower. The foliage is enough to sell this plant. Gorgeous brown indumentum. $44.00

1881

Late mid season. .75m

(yakushimanum x ‘Medusa’)

The flowers are a bright coral pink shading through to pale creamy apricot. Dense, dark green leaves on a compact plant. Very floriferous.

2707 DREAMLAND

Mid season. 1.2m

(yakushimanum hybrid)

Dark red-pink buds open to pale pink flowers. Plant grows as wide as it is tall, very attractive shape. $44.00

ALLEN’S SURPRISE

ANNA ROSE WHITNEY

AUDACIOUS

CHEMAINUS

CHRISTMAS CHEER

2746 CROSS HILLS ROYALE

CUPCAKE

2901 EARL MURRAY Description

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Mid season. 1.5m

Salmon-orange trusses with wavy margins. Upright. $44.00

2537

Mid season. 1m (‘Mars’ x yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’) Flowers of neyron rose, shading to white in the throat. Attractive dark green foliage, with woolly indumentum beneath. A lovely plant for both flower and foliage-lives up to its name! Tolerates both hot & cold conditions. $44.00

2768

Mid season. 1.2m (Unknown)

Pale pink flowers with apricot and yellow hues in the throat. Unusual star-shaped flowers, complemented by attractive foliage. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.5m (‘Dexter’ hybrid)

The frilled, light pink truss has a distinctive green flare on the upper petal. This compact robust growing plant has attractive foliage. $44.00

1484 KIMBERLY

Early mid season. 1m (fortunei x williamsianum)

Kimberly is covered with slightly fragrant, pastel pink flowers in the spring and attractive bright purple bud scales in winter. The leaves are moss green, the plant habit being nicely compact. $40.00

2690

Mid season. 1m (yakushimanum x ‘Doncaster’)

The lilac-pink buds open into frilled, soft pink fading to white flowers, with a little green speckling on the upper segment. Hardy plant. $40.00

2540

Mid season. 1.2m (yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ x ‘Omega’)

The frilly carmine pink edges of these flowers shade through to a cream centre. Prolific flowerer. Compact growth habit. Very pretty flowers. $44.00

Mid season. .75m

Pale pink flowers frilled at edges fades to cream. Hardy, compact grower with white indumentum. $44.00

1342 LEM’S CAMEO

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Dido’ x ‘Anna’)

Beautiful, delicate apricot cream and pink flowers. The edge of the florets are frilled. The new foliage is bronze and later changes to a nice shiny green. Requires excellent drainage. Still the most sought after rhododendron. $44.00

Early. 1m

(‘Unknown Warrior’ x ‘Noyo Brave’)

The strong rose flowers form ball shaped trusses. Attractive dark green compact foliage showing its Noyo Brave parentage. $44.00

2842

Mid season. 1.2m

Blush pink buds open to creamy white flowers. A little gold spotting in the throat. $44.00

2901 EARL MURRAY

FANTASTICA

HACHMANN’S POLARIS

2770 HELEN DEEHR

HINOKI

HOPPY

1760 IRENE BAIN

1198 JANET BLAIR

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 1198 JANET BLAIR

LEM’S CAMEO X YAK

Mid season. 1m (williamsianum x ‘Lem’s Goal’)

For a small compact plant ‘Maureen’ has unusually large, light mauve pink flowers. The small rounded leaves are an attractive feature of this plant. $50.00

1280

Mid season. 1.8m

(‘Anna’ x ‘Marinus Koster’)

A particularly robust plant that has both magnificent foliage and an exceptional flower. The large compact truss is a deeper pink around the edge and shades through pink, to almost white, in the centre of the floret. $44.00

Mid season. 1m

(yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ x ‘Spitfire’)

The deep rose red buds open to compact, rose shaded trusses that shade through to almost white in the centre of the flower. The new growth on this glossy dark green foliaged plant, stands up showing off the tan indumentum. Suited to both a hotter and colder climate. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.2m

(‘Golden Belle’ x ‘Lem’s Cameo’)

Frilled pink flowers with a rose margin and red blotch in the throat. Slightly perfumed, floriferous. Plant habit is rounded, broader than tall. Spinach green leaves retained for three-four years. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Naomi’ x)

Bright pink in bud opening with a cream centre edged with soft lavender. Attractive foliage typical of its Naomi breeding. $44.00

Mid season. 1.8m

(‘Jalisco’ x ‘Fawn’)

The delicate mushroom pink florets have a small red blotch deep in the throat. Attractive pale green foliage sets off this beautiful flower. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.5m

(‘Combe Royal’ x ‘Chevalier Felix de Sauvage’)

Bright pink flowers with distinctive wine blotch. Compact growth habit. One of the showiest and most popular rhododendrons. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(Unknown)

Beautiful for both its foliage and flower. It has a soft pink, large compact truss. The leaves are quite large and medium green, reasonably dense growth habit. $44.00

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Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Big Sam’ x ‘Lem’s Cameo’)

Large blooms of china rose shading to maize yellow and burnt orange spotting within. Compact and broadly branched shrub, amply covered with parsley green, elliptic foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1m

(yakushimanum x ‘Fabia Tangerine’

A compact plant with dark green foliage. Deep pink in bud opening into soft pinkylemon, hose-in-hose flowers, fading to cream. Very pretty soft colourings. $44.00

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LEM’S MONARCH

2844 LESTER MCKEE

1348 MARY TASKER

2057 MAUREEN

 2057 MAUREEN

2538 MORGENROT

1068 MRS G W LEAK

2851 NASSELLE

2496 OOH GINA

1157 OPAL FAWCETT

2094 PERCY WISEMAN

Selfed)

1224 QUEEN SOURIYA Description

Mid season. 1.8m (fortunei x campylocarpum hybrid) Smokey in bud, opens buff with very smokey markings and a green eye. A most unusual and delicate colour combination. Attractive foliage is an added bonus. Sweetly fragrant. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.2m (‘Jean Marie de Montague’ x degronianum ssp yakushimanum) Showy ball shaped trusses of deep pink with a purplish red edge and light purplish pink in the throat. Dense rounded plant. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Lem’s Cameo’ x ‘Tomeka’)

Bright pink with apricot yellow centre and a maroon blotch. Open growth habit. $55.00

1283

Early mid season. 1.8m

(‘Van Nes Sensation’ x decorum)

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Fusilier’ x ‘Unique’)

Bright neyron rose flowers on a nice shaped plant. A very showy variety, a strong colour that stands out from a distance. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(Unknown)

The nice compact truss has a bright rose pink edging shading through to a white centre with wine speckling in the throat. Good dark green foliage. $44.00

The soft blush pink florets have a lighter centre with a small lemon blotch in the throat. Fragrant, prolific flowerer. Tough, leathery leaves on upright, spreading growth habit. Fills a big gap!

Late mid season. 1.2m (Peach hybrid x ‘Lem’s Cameo’)

Peachy flowers are a strong purplish pink at the edges with dorsal spotting of brilliant orange. Upright growing plant. $55.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Countess of Derby’ x ‘Countess of Derby’)

Lovely clear pink gigantic trusses with a frilled edge. Good foliaged plant the large leaves being a lighter green than many rhododendrons. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Lem’s Cameo’ x ‘Pink Petticoats’)

Up to 34 lovely frilled flowers make up the very large compact truss. The colouring is shades of old rose and ivory. The foliage is characterised by long, thick stems proportionally large to support the huge trusses. $44.00

Very early. 1.8m (arboreum x ponticum)

Flowers of crimson, with a blue tinge. A vigorous plant, of good habit. Heattolerant. A street tree in New Zealand. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Lem’s Cameo’ hybrid)

Salmon pink flowers with a small wine blotch at the base of the throat. $44.00

 1224 QUEEN SOURIYA

2166 ROSS MAUDE

2859 RUTH MOTTLEY

2439 SIR ROBERT PEEL

1647 SOLIDARITY

2861 SOPHISTICATED LADY

1243 TRUDE WEBSTER

2871 TWICE AS NICE Description next column...

 2871 TWICE AS NICE

VANDEC

2639 VIENNESE WALTZ

2887 WILLETS

1352 WINSOME

Mid season. 1m

(‘Humming Bird’ x griersonianum)

This variety tolerates both colder and warmer climates. Deep rose pink in bud, opening into softer rose pink, trumpet shaped flowers. Compact plant which flowers prolifically. $44.00

RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS MAUVES, BLUES & PURPLES

 1412 BLUE GEM

Early mid season. .3m

This very small, compact rhododendron smothers itself with tiny bright pinkish purple flowers. Suitable for a rockery. $40.00

1590 BLUE BOY

Late. 1.2m

(‘Blue Ensign’ x ‘Purple Splendour’)

Violet flowers of good substance with prominent, almost black triangular blotch in throat. Floriferous. $44.00

2764 BLUE JAY

Late mid late season. 1.2m (selected seedling ponticum) A vigorous plant covered by bright green foliage. The profuse lavender blue flowers have a distinctive brown dorsal blotch. $44.00

1553 BLUE DIAMOND

Early mid season. .75m

(‘Intrifast’ x augustinii)

This plant has many small blue flowers all along the stems. It prefers a sunny location. Foliage turns to bronze in cold winters. $40.00

1323 BLUE RIVER

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Van Nes Sensation’ x ‘Emperor de Marac’)

This pale lavender variety has a fairly dense broad growth habit. Prolific flowerer. $44.00

2056 BLURETTIA

Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Blue Peter’ x yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’)

The frilled edges of this flower are mauve purple, shading lighter towards the centre. Red stems are a feature of the attractive foliage. $44.00

1412 BLUE GEM

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1137 BLUE PETER

Mid season. 1.5m

(Probably a ponticum hybrid)

The lavender blue flowers, with a dark purple blotch, form a compact frilly truss. Good deep green foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1m

(‘Ilam Violet’ x ‘Blue Diamond’) Electric blue flowers. Good trusses. Compact plant habit. Bronze-green foliage in winter. $40.00

Late mid season. 1.8m (‘America’ x ‘Purple Splendour’)

A good strong growing rhododendron. The large, wine purple flowers have a deeper purple eye. $44.00

Late. 1.2m

(‘Melanie Shaw’ x ‘Brenda Lee’)

The wavy edged, vivid violet purple flowers shade to strong purplish red in the centre with prominent black flares on the upper lobes. Dense foliage and spreading habit. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.8m (ponticum x ?)

Deep mauve flowers with a distinctive dark maroon blotch. Strong growing plant, with attractive foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1.8m (catawbiense x ponticum)

Hardy sun tolerant lavender purple. Double flowers make this rhododendron a little different. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.5m

(‘Purple Splendour’ x ‘Blue Peter’)

Phlox purple flowers with a large eye of maroon and black in the centre of the dorsal lobe. Dark glossy green leaves. Open habit. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.5m

Deep violet blue flowers form compact little trusses. Tall upright growth habit. Bronze coloured foliage in the winter. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m

Frilled wide open lilac flowers with paler centre and wine red blotch. $44.00

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Late mid season. 1.5m

Large trusses of deep red purple completely cover this attractive plant. Each flower has a large deep purple blotch on the upper lobe. Leaves have a leathery texture. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Humboldt’ x ‘Direcktor E Hjelm’)

The large trusses are a deep mauve pink shade with a distinctive dark wine blaze on the upper lobe of the florets, a showy flower. Tough leathery foliage with striking red leaf petioles. $44.00

1831 BOB’S BLUE

1153 BUD FLANAGAN

1771 BUMBLEBEE

2055 DOROTHY AMATEIS

 2055 DOROTHY AMATEIS

1124 FASTUOSUM FLORE PLENO

1707 IIAM VIOLET X BLUE DIAMOND

1950 IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE

2867 JONATHAN SHAW

2906 KABARETT

2524 KOKARDIA

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Late mid season. 1.5m (fortunei x ‘Lady Grey Egerton’)

A good looking plant having glossy foliage. The compact flowers are lavender in the bud opening a soft pinklavender, with a small gold flare. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Cup Day’ x ‘Purple Splendour’) Flowers of soft red purple with heavy, dark spotting on upper lobe and centre of floret. Dark green, glossy foliage. A striking plant. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(Probably a ponticum hybrid)

Unusual port wine colouring. Quite different to all other purples. Attractive foliage and very compact growth habit. $44.00

Late. 1.2m

(catawbiense x unknown)

Good strong growth habit, with dark wavy foliage. The royal purple flowers form a compact truss. $55.00

Mid season. 1.2m (Unknown)

This is a different shaded purple, being a more mauve-purple rather than a black purple. The florets have a striking white centre. Lightish green foliage. $44.00

Late. 1.5m (Unknown)

Mauve flowers, with a darker centre, compact-growing. Free flowering. A good hardy variety. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Mars’ x ‘Purple Splendour’)

Waxy, very deep reddish-purple flowers with brown spotting. Excellent domeshaped trusses. Upright plant, leaves held for three years. $44.00

Late. 1.5m (Unknown)

Deep purple-violet flowers, with bronzygreen blaze on upper lobe. $55.00

Early mid season. .5m (‘Blue Diamond’ x ‘Sapphire’)

Deep violet blue flowers make a charming display on this small leaved hybrid. Sun – tolerant. $40.00

Early. 1.2m

(carolinianum x dauricum)

This hybrid is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat and sun. It has attractive mahogany coloured, aromatic foliage, in the winter and spring, setting off the small bright lavender pink flowers beautifully. $44.00

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Early. 1.5m

(Unknown)

Large, soft lavender flowers with darker purple spotting. $44.00

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2091 LEE’S DARK PURPLE

1722 MADAM COCHET

2478 MARCEL MENARD

2140 MIDNIGHT

2371 MRS J P LADE

1443 OCEANLAKE

1386 OLD PORT

 1386 OLD PORT

1849 OLIN O. DOBBS

1735 P.J.M.

2696 PATRICIA CROWLEY

Violet purple flowers with a green blotch $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Viennese Waltz’ x ‘Olin O. Dobbs’) Named to commemorate 100 years of nursing in NZ. Striking large trusses of mauve with a deep wine purple throat. Dark green foliage. Reliable and hardy. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

A slow growing plant that has very dark green foliage and delicate, blue-lavender flowers with deeper purple spotting. Compact growth habit. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.5m (‘Purple Splendour’ x)

Deep, rich, purple flowers and dark green foliage. Dense, compact plant habit. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.2m (‘Hachmann’s Diadem’ x ‘Hyperion’) The flowers are pale purple fading to white with a prominent blotch of deep purplish red. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.8m

Pale lilac flowers with a lemon eye. Slightly scented. Attractive foliage growing into a large tree in time. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.2m (ponticum hybrid)

Probably still the darkest purple available, the black blotch on it making it look darker. Requires a well drained situation. $44.00

Early mid season. 1m (augustinii x impeditum)

An upright growth habit, floriferous. Clusters of little lobelia blue flowers cover the plant in spring. Foliage turns to a bronze colour in the winter. $44.00

Early mid season. .5m (fastigiatum x carolinianum)

Tolerates both sun and partial shade - very hardy. The very small attractive aromatic foliage changes colour through the year, deep metallic in winter, to dusky grey blue new growth. It flowers prolifically, a lively bluish-violet colour. $40.00

2913 PURPLE HEART

2889 PURPLE PASSION

1020 PURPLE SPLENDOUR

2125 RAMAPO

2765 REGISTERED NURSE

2874 SAPPORO

1248 ST TUDY

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1069 VAN NES SENSATION

RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS CREAMS & WHITES

Mid season. 1.2m (No image available) (yakushimanum x Unknown Hyb)

Cream flowers with a pink edge. Free flowering. Compact plant with good foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1.8m

(‘Catawbiense Album’ x white catawbiense Seedling)

This hardy variety has large pure white flowers with a striking gold blotch, set in a large truss. Paler green foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

Tight trusses of white flowers with a pink flush through it. Compact, excellent foliage. $44.00

Mid season. .75m

Low compact plant with small compact cream truss. Paler green foliage. $40.00

Early. 1.8m

(campanulatum x arboreum)

Pink in bud, opens into white flowers with wine spotting in the throat. Very hardy. Flowers well in both sun and shade. $44.00

Mid season. 1m

(bureavii x yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’)

Pink flower buds opening to white flowers with a flush of pink. Excellent, narrow foliage with dense, cinnamon indumentum and white fuzzy new growth.

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Catawbiense Album’ x ‘Loderi King George’)

This variety tolerates both colder and warmer climates. A robust, heat and cold tolerant rhododendron. The leaves are long and convex shaped. The upright, large trusses are white with an olive flare in the throat. $44.00

Late. 1.5m

(crassum Sdlg)

Soft pink in bud turning to white with a yellow eye. Trumpet shaped flowers. Strongly perfumed. Glossy attractive foliage. $44.00

Early mid season. 1m (yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ x aberconwayi)

Camellia rose buds. White flowers with rose edges and red dorsal spots. Good tight trusses. Compact dark green foliaged shrub. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Colonel Coen’ x unknown)

Apricot buds open to cream flowers with some pink flares on the outer lobes. Bright green gold speckling on the upper lobe. Very delicate in appearance but actually quite robust. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.2m

Attractive compact plant with small white flowers enhanced by a greenish yellow blotch. Buds are flushed pink. Hardy. $44.00

2293 APPLE BRANDY

1909 BELLE HELLER

1142 BODDAERTIANUM

2694 CARLA VAN ZON

2958 CATHERINE TROTT

2772 CINNAMON BEAR

1856 COCONUT ICE

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1536 COKER’S CREAM

1873 COUNTY OF YORK

2875 CREAM SUPREME

2231 CUNNINGHAM’S WHITE

Early. .75m (carolinianum x ciliatum)

The attractive dark green foliage is highlighted with bronze tones and prettiest when grown in full sun. White flowers cover this plant and are a real picture in the spring. $40.00

Mid season. 1.5m (nuttallii x lindleyi)

These delightfully fragrant, frilled flowers are pure white with yellow in the throat of each flower. Floriferous. Protect from frosts. $44.00

1.8m

(nuttallii x lindleyi x megacalyx)

The long tubular white flowers have a small gold blotch in the eye. Lovely perfume & very attractive textured foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1.8m

Mid season. 1.5m

Soft cream flowers with a contrasting soft yellow blaze, spotted tan. Good shaped truss and attractive foliage. $44.00

Large cream to soft lemon trusses with current red eye. Glossy olive green leaves. $44.00

Early. 1.2m

(arboreum hybrid?)

This is probably one of the purest white varieties and has a smallish compact truss. Ideal for floral work. Reasonably open growth habit. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m

Small, creamy yellow star shaped flowers. $44.00

Late. 1.5m (catawbiense hybrid)

A hardy, sun tolerant white variety with a gold blotch. Soft mauve pink in the bud. Good dark green foliage. $44.00

No information available. $44.00

Mid season. .5m (yakushimanum x unknown)

A typically compact yakushimanum hybrid, having dark green leaves and deep cream flowers, tinged salmon pink. $40.00

Late mid season. 2m

(‘Van Nes Sensation’ x unknown)

Magnificent conical truss of white flushed pink on a vigorous bush. $44.00

1298 DORA AMATEIS

1777 ERIC’S SURPRISE

2474 FIFE

2870 FLORAL BOUQUET

1807 FLORAL FETE

2698 GANDY DANCER

1123 GOMER WATERER

1482 GRUMPY

1449 GWAVA’S SPECIAL Midseason.

1420 HELENE SCHIFFNER

2729 HOLMESLEE PEARL

Late mid season. 1.5m

(catawbiense var. album x ‘Belle Heller’)

The lavender pink buds open to white, flushed lavender flowers that have a small gold blaze in the throat. Conical truss, dense foliage. $44.00

Late. 1.8m (previously maddenii ‘virginale’)

The soft pink buds, open into clear white florets with a gold eye. Lovely perfume and attractive shiny foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m (Unknown)

Large trusses of greenish white flowers tinged pink. Dense upright growth habit. $44.00

Early. 1.5m

Big cream buds open to big creamywhite flowers with a burgundy eye. Likes shade. Compact, tidy plant habit, bushy and even all around. The flower is like a bridal bouquet in each flower cluster, it could be picked and held as a bouquet easily. $44.00

1463 MI

Mid season. 1.8m

(lindleyi x nuttallii)

Huge, magnificently perfumed lily-like flowers, up to 15cms wide, white in colour, with a yellow throat, set in trusses of about five flowers each. Large textured leaves, are dark green on top and grey-green underneath. Tall, upright habit. Protect from frosts. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.8m

(Loderi x unknown)

A variety that grows into a large tree-like shrub. The huge deep cream florets have a delicate band of rose pink around the edge of them. The sweet scent and sheer size of the flower makes it a favourite. Prefers some over-head shade. $44.00

Mid season. .75m (fortunei x yakushimanum) Suitable for container. This variety tolerates both colder and warmer climates. The small, compact trusses are composed of about 12 white florets. The growth habit is equally compact - the leaves are an attractive glossy green. Slow growing. $40.00

Mid season. 1m (yakushimanum x ‘Springbok’)

Early. 2m

(macabeanum x unknown)

The large upright trusses are apricot pink, fading to cream. Large leaved plant. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.5m (No image available) (catawbiense, white form x unknown) White flowers with maroon spotting in the throat and brown anthers. Textured foliage makes this plant a little different. Attractive tan indumentum under the foliage $44.00

Large, rounded, 16-flowered trusses of white, lavender-tinged flowers. Growth habit is low-rounded, compact. Foliage has buff indumentum on reverse of leaf. A smaller growing variety ideal for borders. $44.00

2500

Mid season. 1m

(yakushimanum x ‘Springbok’)

Large pale pink blooms fading to white. Compact, bushy habit. Dense, dark green foliage. $44.00

1920 ICE CUBE

1276 ILAM CREAM

1795 INA HAIR

1118 KOTUKU Description next column...

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2843 LARAMIE

1581 LITTLE WHITE DOVE

1722 MADAME CARVALHO

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AMOR

2499 MORNING CLOUD

MORNING MAGIC

Very early. 1.8m ([decorum x ‘Cornubia’] x macabeanum) (Formally known as Mrs Ray Kidd.)

Peach in bud, opening into large cream florets with a distinctive red blaze in the throat. Very large leaves on a large well shaped bush. Lovely early flowerer. $44.00

Early mid season. 1m (campanulatum x yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’)

Rose pink buds open to white flowers which form a neat ball-shaped truss. A tight rounded plant with dark green foliage and tan indumentum. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(Unknown)

The growth habit of this plant may be a little open but it is a hardy plant. The white flowers have a conspicuous purplish-black blotch. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.5m

Pawhuska is Indian for ‘mountain of snow’. Large white flowers with a small gold eye. Excellent foliage. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.5m (Unknown) (Otherwise known as Mrs J G Millais).

The white flowers have a mauve tint on opening and a huge gold blotch on each floret, giving an orchid flower appearance. Quite different. $44.00

Mid season. 1.8m (‘Diane’ x ‘Gomer Waterer’)

Large deeper cream florets opening to soft cream trusses. Glossy olive green leaves. Strong growing upright plant. $44.00

Mid season. 1m

(‘Mrs J G Millais’ x yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’)

The soft pink buds of this hardy variety open into beautiful white trusses. Broad growth habit, with moss green leaves. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.8m (campanulatum x griffithianum)

White florets with maroon spotting form a large compact truss. Good strong growth habit. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.2m (ciliatum x edgeworthii)

This rhododendron has attractive, textured foliage and white trumpetshaped flowers with pink markings, and a small yellow eye. Sweetly fragrant. Protect from frosts. $44.00

Mid season. 1m

(‘Siouxon’ x ‘Mrs Horace Fogg’)

Perfect trusses of pure white. Profuse bloomer. Compact habit with deep green, indumented foliage. $44.00

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1263 MRS GEORGE HUTHNANCE

1262 MRS JOHN MILLAIS

1016 MT EVEREST

2762 NEAT O

 2762 NEAT O

2161 PAWHUSKA

2162 PHYLLIS KORN

1567 PRINCESS ALICE

1062 SAPPHO

2542 SCHNEEWOLKE

2774 SENATOR HENRY JACKSON

2513 SNOW KIST

 2513 SNOW KIST

Mid season. 1m (yakushimanum x)

Cerise pink buds open to pure white. Dark green foliage with silver tomentum on new growth. Low growing, rounded plant habit. $44.00

1748

Mid season. 1.8m (nuttallii x lindleyi)

Large white trumpet shaped flowers that have a gold eye in the throat. Fragrant. Requires some shelter from frosts. Tall, narrow growth habit. $44.00

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Early. 1.2m (campylocarpum x)

Flowers are pink in bud, opening deep cream tinged peach. A compact and rounded plant that flowers prolifically. A very reliable and popular cream. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Crest’ x griffithianum)

Flowers opening soft lavender, with light maroon speckling, fading to white. Attractive glossy dark green leaves. $44.00

Mid season. 1.8m (Unknown)

Free flowering upright growing plant with trusses of purest white. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.2m (‘Sappho’ x yakushimanum Exbury form) Pale pink buds open to a white flower. A bright maroon blotch flares from the throat. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Mrs J G Millais’ x ‘Cheyenne’)

The pure white florets have a striking, large gold blotch on the upper lobe. It starts as a burning orange deep in the throat, then widens and lightens into rays of golden yellow. Paler green foliage. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.2m

([‘Yaku Sunrise’ x ‘Hansel’] x ‘Lem’s Cameo)

Long, pointed petals create a star shaped flower, champagne in colour with a dark purple throat. Great foliage on a dense, rounded plant. $44.00

Mid season. 1.8m (sino-nuttallii x lindleyi)

Tubular campanulate flowers, rich creamy pink in bud opening white, with yellow basal blotch. Perfumed. Protect from frosts. Peeling mahogany bark. $44.00

Mid season. 1.8m (griffithianum x maximum)

Probably one of the fastest growing and hardiest rhododendrons available. The foliage is dark green and the flowers are pale pink in the bud and fade to white on opening. Densely foliaged. Great hedging plant. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.8m (nuttallii x ‘Lindal’)

Huge white trumpets open from pink flushed buds. Perfumed. Protect from frosts.

2726 SOLWAY COLLEGE

2730 SOUTHERN ALPS

2780 STARBRIGHT CHAMPAGNE

STEADS BEST

2894 TIANA

1751 TUPARE

1015 UNIQUE Description next column...

1015 UNIQUE

1461 WHITE GOLD

1240 WHITE PEARL

1847 WHITE WAVES

Early mid season. 1m.

Pink buds open to white flowers with a pale pink blush to the outer petal. A compact plant with amazing foliage having silvery indumentum under the leaves and striking white tomentum on the top of the new foliage. $44.00

RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS LEMONS & YELLOWS

Mid season. 1.2m

([‘Dido’ x Jalisco’] x ‘Yellow Creek’)

The frilled and crinkly lemon-yellow flowers are green in the base of the throat. Attractive bush, mid-green slightly glossy leaves. Free flowering. $44.00

Very early. 1m (chrysodoron x burmanicum)

A bright, early flowering yellow that has a compact truss. Prolific flowerer. Protect from frosts. $40.00

Mid season. 1m

(‘Bambi’ x ‘Unnamed hybrid’)

The peach buds of this pretty rhododendron open into warm golden flowers, blushed peach. A dense little plant. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m

(Pos ‘Gold Mohur’ x ‘Ilam Apricot’)

This variety tolerates both colder and warmer climates. Golden yellow flowers with a wavy edge. Attractive deep green foliage. Very compact growth habit. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.5m

The round trusses of butter yellow have a striking maroon- red flare in the throat. Good dark green foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m

Beautiful orange yellow buds open into pure, light yellow flowers. Attractive, rounded moss green foliage. $44.00

2769 YAK PREYII

2833 BEVERLEY TASKER

2181 BONNIE DOONE

1442 CHRYSOMANICUM

1860 DOUBLE EAGLE

2003 GOLDEN TORCH

2531 GRAF LENNART

Late mid season. 1.2m

(smirnowii x ‘King of Shrubs’) or (Reverse Cross)

An exceptional orange and yellow bicolour, which has attractive foliage and good plant formation. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m

Wide cupped florets and tight rounded trusses of creamy yellow. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.2m (xanthostephanum x leucaspis)

This prolific flowering, compact plant has bright green-yellow flowers and cinnamon green narrow leaves. Dense growth habit. $40.00

Mid season. 1.2m

(‘Nancy Evans’ x [‘China’ x ‘Lem’s Cameo’])

An attractive bicolour of soft gold flowers edged in coral pink. Compact growth habit - good foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m (Prelude Sdlg)

Soft yellow in bud, opens cream with a lemon centre. Good shaped truss. Considered to be one of the best lemons. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

(‘Angelo’ x wardii)

Lemon flowers with yellow centre. Dome shaped trusses held high on olive green foliage. $55.00

Early. 1.5m

(macabeanum x ‘Unique’)

Primrose yellow flowers with a pink flush and three red flares inside the base. Attractive foliage. $44.00

Late. 1.5m

(‘Mrs Lammot Copeland’ x ‘Mary Drennen’) Clear lemon flowers. Neat plant habit. $44.00

Early. 1.2m

(‘Percy Wiseman’ x ‘Lem’s Cameo’)

Red buds opening to yellow in full truss of flowers. Compact bushy growth, dark foliage. $44.00

Mid season. 1.2m (burmanicum x dalhousiae)

The fragrant, tubular-lily shaped flowers are a deep creamy-yellow, opening from lime green buds. The new foliage is an attractive bronze colour. $44.00

Late mid season. 1.5m (‘Seattle Gold’ x unnamed late-flowering yellow)

Very elegant, satin yellow flowers held in a rounded truss. Attractive green foliage. $44.00

1172 HOLY MOSES

2773 HONEY BUTTER

1979 JEANNE CHURCH

2137 KAREN TRIPLETT

2917 KIT COLLIER

1281 LEMON LODGE

2733 LEMON MARMALADE

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2848 MARY DRENNEN

2849 MEADOW LEMON

1715 MICHAEL’S PRIDE

2850 MINDY’S LOVE Description next column...

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Early mid season. 1.5m (‘Nancy Evans’ x ‘Lionel’s Triumph’)

A pale greenish-yellow flower with a pale-orange throat and upper lobe. Dome shaped truss, up to 21 flowers. $44.00

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

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

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Hotei’ x ‘Lem’s Cameo’)

The orange red buds open into golden yellow flowers that have amber markings. The large calyx gives an almost hose-inhose effect. Attractive foliage derived from its Lem’s Cameo parentage. $44.00

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

Mid season. 1.5m (No image available) Clear yellow flowers. $44.00

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

Early mid season. 1m (xanthostephanum x burmanicum)

Smallish bright yellow, trumpet shaped flowers. Prolific flowerer quite early in the spring. $44.00

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

2211 NANCY EVANS

2486 PATTY BEE

1214 SAFFRON QUEEN

2548 SPICED HONEY

2927 TWEETY BIRD

2914 VICKI HARRIS

2645 YELLOW BUTTERFLIES

2577 YELLOW PETTICOATS

RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS ORANGES & APRICOTS

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

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

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

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

Late. 1.5m

Very bright bi colour flowers of pink, white and yellow make this new hybrid a winner. Grows wider than tall and blooms heavily and reliably. Best with some shade and summer moisture. $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

2710 LEM’S

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

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

2131

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

TANGERINE

2915 MELROSE FLASH

2756 PETTICOAT LANE

RACHAEL

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

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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

Mid season. 1.2m

Frilly, peachy-apricot pink florets with maroon blaze. Attractive foliage. $44.00

Mid season.

(‘Mindy’s Love’ x)

Bright pink buds opening to a bi-colour with salmon pink edges and a yellow throat. Big flowers. $44.00

WYNNIATT

Mid season. 1.2m

Soft pink in bud opening into soft peachy apricot toned flowers.

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

Mid season. 1.2m

([‘Azor’ x ‘Francis Hanger’ x ‘Lem’s Cameo’)

Creamy yellow, flushed pink wavy edged florets in rounded truss. Good foliage. $44.00

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

Late mid season. 1m

This rhododendron tends to be low in growth habit with decumbent branches. The flowers have an apricot-orange centre with a deeper reddish-orange perimeter. $40.00

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2571 SEAVIEW SUNSET

2552 SEPTEMBER SONG

1402 TENSING

2863 UNIQUE MARMALADE

2863 UNIQUE MARMALADE

2902 WIND RIVER

2864 WINNIE HAYES

1440 WHITNEY’S ORANGE

2865 WOODY PEACH

2745 yakushimanum x FRED

RHODODENDRON SPECIES

Few realise that the genus rhododendron includes nearly 1000 species (as found in the wild) and many thousands of hybrids (crosses between either two species or subsequent crossings).

Cross Hills rhododendrons are grown in open field conditions at an altitude of 1800ft (600metres). Growing in an ideal loam soil our plants develop an excellent root system. Cross Hills plants are well known for their good shifting qualities having been hardened by snow and frosts. (See the photos of our magnificent winters on our website!) These ideal conditions are very similar to those of the Himalayas where many rhododendron species first originated.

As a generalisation, species have more interesting foliage than hybrids. Species on the whole, flower earlier in the spring. Mention is frequently made of indumentum and tomentum when describing the foliage. Indumentum is a covering of small hairs on the leaves, usually on the underside. This forms a fur, skin or felt-like layer which can be deep brown, silvery, fawn or white. Tomentum refers to a similar coating on the upper surface of the leaves.

Mid season. 1.2m

This form of augustinii has a more compact growth habit than some of the others. The flowers are possibly a deeper blue too and are found in clusters at the end of the branches. Small leaves, foliage turns bronze in the winter. $44.00

Very early. 1.8m

This large, tree-like species, has dark shiny green foliage and attractive compact, dark blood red flowers. Flowers over a long period. $44.00

Very early.

Mid season. 1.5m

This has the tall upright growth, typical of this species. The flowers are a pale lavender and are scattered all over the bush. Foliage can go bronze in winter. All augustiniis will stand sun, but require good drainage. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.8m

The large leaves are heavily textured on the top and have a rusty-brown indumentum on the underside. The large compact trusses are cream with a deep wine eye. A big growing tree. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.2m

Flowers are deep champagne in bud, lighter champagne on opening, with a deep gold blotch. Slightly perfumed. $44.00

Small

Mid season. 1.5m

Perfumed, white trumpet-shaped flowers on a tall upright plant. Frost tender. $44.00

1108 arboreum ‘KERMESINUM’

1332 arboreum ‘MT VICTORIA’

1.2m

Small compact truss of the brightest blood red. Attractive silver backed foliage. One of the earliest flowering rhododendrons. $44.00

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1331 augustinii ‘CHASMANTHUM’

1330 augustinii ‘GLEN FALLOCK’

Mid season. 1.5m

lavender blue flowers on an upright growing plant. Requires good free draining soil. $44.00

1621 falconeri

1159 johnstoneanum ‘KEN BURNS’

1507 lindleyi (R.H.S.)

Early. 1.8m

The very large flowers on this plant are a creamy yellow colour with a wine blotch in the base of the throat. The foliage is proportionally large, eventually grows into a very big tree! $55.00

Early mid season. 1.8m

Very large cream funnel-shaped flowers with a gold eye. Perfumed. Heavily textured foliage. Must have protection from frosts. $44.00

Late. 1.8m

The funnel-shaped fragrant trusses, are white blushed pink. This big growing variety has unusual leathery foliage. $44.00

Mid season. .5m

This is a plant for every garden. It is hardy, slow growing, very compact and has excellent foliage with unique indumentum. It has a thick layer of fawn felting and the new foliage has a white layer of tomentum on it - an interesting feature of this very different species. Give this plant pride of place for each year its impact is quite impressive. The flowers open pink becoming white and smother the whole bush. $44.00

Late. 1.8m

The large white perfumed flowers have a gold eye. This plant has dark green, shiny foliage. $44.00

Early mid season. 1.2m

The unusual coloured, bell-shaped purplish-lilac flowers form a dense truss. The foliage has white to pale brown indumentum, a striking feature of the tree. $44.00

1724 macabeanum

1473 maddenii

1974 maddenii ‘MUNCASTER CASTLE’

1256 NIVEUM

1509 nuttallii

1238 yakushimanum

CROSS HILLS STANDARD RHODODENDRONS

Standards can either be planted as a focal point in tubs, on a patio, near a front door, or just as effectively as a feature planting in your garden. Either way they are a landscaper’s delight and something rather unique for your garden. Striking as young plants, these designer trees are even more impressive as they mature. They are a fantastic investment.

2021 STANDARD VARIETIES

2197 Black Magic

2192 Buttermint

2725 Coker’s Cream

2739 Crimson Pippin

2195 Cupcake

2934 Debbie

2184 Fantastica

2936 Golden Gate

2189 Golden Torch

2938 Goldkrone

2188 Hachmann’s Polaris

2891 Hinoki

2963 Huntington

2826 Jan Bee

2940 Lem’s Cameo x Yak

2679 Little White Dove

2942 Morning Magic

2827 Nancy Evans

 2725 STANDARD COKER’S CREAM

Mid season.

(Unknown)

Small compact cream truss. Compact growth habit with paler green foliage.

2869 Neat O

2796 Percy Wiseman

2922 Seaview Sunset

1821 yakushimanum

2943 Snow Kist

2983 Willetts

2823 Yak Preyii

2197 STANDARD BLACK MAGIC

Late mid season.

(‘Jean Marie de Montague’ x ‘Leo’)

Dark black red flowers, matt forest green foliage. Floriferous.

2739 STANDARD CRIMSON PIPPIN

Mid season.

Silver indumentum is a feature of the lovely foliage and the small compact, currant red flowers are a bonus. Compact bush habit.

2192 STANDARD BUTTERMINT

Mid season.

(‘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.

2195 STANDARD CUPCAKE

Late mid season.

(yakushimanum x ‘Medusa’)

The flowers are a bright coral pink shading through to pale creamy apricot. Dense, dark green leaves on a compact plant. Very floriferous.

2934 STANDARD DEBBIE

2184

Mid season.

(‘Mars’ x yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’)

Flowers of neyron rose, shading to white in the throat. Attractive dark green foliage, with woolly indumentum beneath. A lovely plant for both flower and foliage-lives up to its name! Tolerates both hot & cold conditions.

2725

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Mid season. (No image available) Blood red flowers. Dwarf compact plant. Fantastic foliage.

Mid season.

Attractive reddish-orange perimeter, shading to deep yellow in the centre of the flower. Small foliage.

STANDARD COKER’S CREAM

STANDARD FANTASTICA

2936 STANDARD GOLDEN GATE

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 2189 STANDARD GOLDEN TORCH

Mid season.

This densely foliaged plant has deep salmon buds that open to a soft gold toning blushed with peach. The hose-inhose flowers from a small compact truss.

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Mid season.

The wavy edged, vivid violet purple flowers shade to strong purplish red in the centre with prominent black flares on the upper lobes. Dense foliage and spreading habit.

2972

Mid season.

(yakushimanum x ‘Springbok’)

Large pale pink blooms fading to white. Compact, bushy growth habit. Dense, dark green foliage.

2938

Mid season.

([wardii x ‘Alice Street’] x ‘Hachmann’s Marina’)

Golden yellow flowers that have ruby red freckles on the upper petals.

2826

Mid season.

Tubular funnel shaped flowers are guardsman red with dark cardinal red spotting. The glowing red flowers are complemented by attractive foliage.

2188

Mid season.

(yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ x ‘Omega’)

The frilly carmine pink edges of these flowers shade through to a cream centre. Prolific flowerer.

Mid season.

Blush pink buds open to creamy white flowers. A little gold spotting in the throat.

Mid season.

The orange red buds open into golden yellow flowers that have amber markings. The large calyx gives an almost hose-in-hose effect.

2891

Mid season.

(Unknown)

Pale pink flowers with apricot and yellow hues in the throat. Unusual star-shaped flowers, complemented by attractive foliage.

Early mid season.

(campanulatum x yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’)

Rose pink buds open to white flowers which form a neat ball-shaped truss. A tight rounded plant with dark green foliage and tan indumentum.

Mid season.

(fortunei x yakushimanum)

The small, compact trusses are composed of about 12 white florets. The growth habit is equally compact - the leaves are an attractive glossy green. Slow growing.

2963

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STANDARD GOLDKRONE

STANDARD HACHMANN’S POLARIS

STANDARD HINOKI

STANDARD HUNTINGTON

2963 STANDARD HUNTINGTON

STANDARD JAN BEE

2940 STANDARD LEM’S CAMEO X YAK

2679 STANDARD LITTLE WHITE DOVE

STANDARD MORNING MAGIC

2827 STANDARD NANCY EVANS

2869 STANDARD NEAT O

2796 STANDARD PERCY WISEMAN Description

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Mid season.

(yakushimanum x ‘Fabia Tangerine’ Selfed)

Deep pink in bud opening into soft pinkylemon, hose-in-hose flowers, fading to cream. Very pretty soft colourings. Dark green foliage.

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Mid season.

Truly the most rewarding plant we have to work with in the gardens. This amazing plant has many attributes, hardiness, great display of colour and maintenance free. The flowers are bright pink in bud and slowly fade through to white. It has excellent foliage with unique indumentum. It has a thick layer of fawn felting and the new foliage has a white layer of tomentum on it - an interesting feature of this very different species.

Early mid season.

Pink buds open to white flowers with a pale pink blush to the outer petal. A compact plant with amazing foliage having silvery indumentum under the leaves and striking white tomentum on the top of the new foliage.

2922

Mid season.

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.

2943

Mid season.

(yakushimanum x)

Cerise pink buds open to pure white flowers. Dark green foliage.

2983

Mid season. (No image available) Salmon pink flowers with a small wine blotch at the base of the throat.

DECIDUOUS AZALEAS

Deciduous Azaleas make one of the greatest splashes of colour in the spring garden. All produce brilliant colours, have large trusses and as an added bonus, the Autumn foliage colours up well. They look impressive when planted in a group. Deciduous azaleas are hardy and grow best when planted in full sun.

Mid season. 1.2m

The soft salmon flowers have deeper salmon markings and a double centre.

Mid season. 1.5m

Deep crimson buds open to large rosepink flowers with a slight yellow flare.

Late mid season. 1.5m

Bright orange flowers are enhanced by a lighter warm orange flare on the upper petal. Upright growth habit. $38.00

2796 STANDARD PERCY WISEMAN

STANDARD SEAVIEW SUNSET

1821 STANDARD yakushimanum

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1821 STANDARD yakushimanum

STANDARD SNOW KIST

STANDARD WILLETTS

2823 STANDARD YAK PREYII

3501 BARBECUE

$38.00

3579 BERRYROSE

$38.00

3570 BRAZIL

Late mid season. 1.5m Brilliant, red-orange frilled flowers.

Late mid season. 1.2m

Delicate mushroom pink flowers with a buff centre and yellow blaze.

Late mid season. 1.5m

The deep golden yellow flowers are very frilled and have a deep gold blaze. Strong, healthy foliage, held over a longer period than most. $38.00

Late mid season. 1.2m

The buds open into soft gold double flowers aging to a delicate peachy pink.

Late mid season. 1.5m

Very large, frilled, rounded coppery red trusses. $38.00

EARLY YELLOW

Mid season. 1.5m (No image available) Bright golden yellow flowers. $38.00

Late mid season. 1.5m

Glowing orange red flowers, good compact truss. $38.00

Late mid season. 1.5m

Deep pink buds open into soft coral pink flowers that have a gold blaze.

Early mid season. 1.5m

Rustic orange flowers with a gold blaze. $38.00

Late mid season. 1.5m

Salmon orange flowers with a distinctive gold blaze. Strong grower. $38.00

Mid season. 1.2m

The small, double, creamy white flowers are flushed pale pink.

Late mid season. 1.5m

Tangerine in bud, apricot flowers shading through to gold in the centre of the floret. $38.00

Late mid season. 1.5m

Golden yellow flowers with a deeper gold flare.

3576 BRILLIANCE

3607 CANNON’S DOUBLE

3505 CECILE

3506 CHELSEA REACH

3507 CITROEN

3592 COPPER FRILLS

3652 CROSS HILLS

3509 CROSS HILLS FIESTA

3654 CROSS HILLS FLAMENCO

3508 CROSS HILLS FRILLS

3651 CROSS HILLS SUNSET

3649 CROSS HILLS TANGO

3513 CROWN SUPREME

Late mid season. 1.5m

Deep coral orange flowers with a gold blaze.

Late mid season. 1.5m

Large, tight rounded white truss with gold spots flaring from the throat on the upper lobe and pink markings.

Late mid season. 1.2m

The flowers are a deep golden yellow and the plant has a fairly compact growth habit. $38.00

Late mid season. 1.5m

An attractive combination of gold and peach colourings feature on this azalea. $38.00

Mid season. 1.5m

Glowing orange red flowers with a gold blaze. $38.00

Mid season. 1.2m

Double, small vibrant pink flowers in a tight ball truss. Very tidy shrub.

Mid season. 1.5m

Neat compact bush with bronze autumn foliage. Brick-red blooms in profusion. $38.00

Mid season. 1.5m

Pretty soft coral pink flowers with a gold flare. Attractive bronze tips to new foliage. Bushy habit. $38.00

Late mid season. 1.2m

Soft pink and white flowers with a gold blaze.

Late mid season. 1.5m

The deep coral buds open to paler salmon orange flowers with a small gold blaze.

Late mid season. 1.5m

The deep orange flowers have a dark golden flare. Probably the deepest orange azalea available. $38.00

Late mid season. 1.5m

The unusual vivid reddish orange flowers have a frilled edge and a deep goldish orange flare. $38.00

3515 DAWNS GLORY

3517 DELICIOUS

3580 DOROTHY CORSTON

3520 DREADNOUGHT

3573 ESKIMO PIE

3521 FIREBALL

3572 FLEMING PINK

3524 GIANT ORANGE

3526 GLOW

3594 HOMEBUSH

3535 ILAM LOUIE WILLIAMS

3537 ILAM MELFORD FLAME

Late mid season. 1.5m

Frilled, clear rich yellow flowers have a deeper yellow blaze. $44.00

Mid season. 1.5m

Large golden yellow flowers in a large ball shaped truss. $38.00

Mid season. 1.5m

Delicate salmon peach with a light yellow flare, in rounded trusses. Neat double, hose in hose blooms. Free flowering. $38.00

Mid season. 1.5m

One of the most vivid orange azaleas, also has a gold flare.

Late mid season. 1.5m (No image available) Showy brick red flowers with prominent stamens. More upright growth habit than other varieties.

Late mid season. 1.5m

Beautiful, large white flowers, with a yellow blotch. $38.00

Late mid season. 1.5m

Soft gold flowers with peach markings and a gold flare - an attractive bi-colour.

Late mid season. 1.5m

Deep gold flowers with tangerine markings and a deeper gold blaze.

Late. 1.2m

This named species azalea has perfumed soft pink flushed deeper pink flowers with an orange yellow flare. Deep bronzy green autumn foliage.

Mid season. 1.5m

Cream-white flowers flushed pink with a yellow blotch.

Late mid season. 1.5m

The soft gold and pale coral pink flowers blend to a delicate salmon-apricot toning.

Mid season. 1.5m

The soft salmon flowers have a deeper pink edging with a lemon eye. Delicate toning.

Late mid season. 1.5m

Bright dark blood red flowers. Large rounded truss. $38.00

3540 ILAM MELFORD YELLOW

3544 ILAM MING

3525 JAFFA

3533 KRUGERRAND

3534 LOBSTER POT

3593 MIDAS TOUCH

3588 MOUNT RAINIER

3603 occidentale ‘DELICATISSIMA’

3545 PAINTED LADY

3658 PEACHY PERFECT

3547 PRECIOUS

3578 PRINCESS ROYAL

3586 RED RAG

Mid season. 1.5m

Glowing orange flowers on a taller growing bush.

Late mid season. 1.5m

These coral pink flowers have a contrasting gold blaze on the upper lobe.

Mid season. 1.5m

Bright, vivid yellow flowers with an orange-yellow central blotch.

Late mid season. 1.5m

The pure white flowers have a golden flare.

Late mid season. 1.5m

Fragrant, light pink flowers with pale pink centre and light yellow flare on the upper lobe. $38.00

Late mid season. 1.5m Yellow balls of bright golden yellow. Frilled, large tight head. $38.00

Late mid season. 1.2m

Soft pink flowers with a small golden flare.

3585 SHOT SILK

3622 SUN CHARIOT

3625 SWEET INSPIRATION

3562 SWORD OF STATE

$38.00

3563 TENDER HEART

3635 WHITE ICE

3621 YELLOW BALL

EVERGREEN AZALEAS

The descriptions of our azaleas frequently refer to the term hose-in-hose. Hose-in-hose flowers have enlarged sepals which are the small leaf-like parts at the base of the flower where it joins the stem. Sometimes you hear them referred to as ‘cup and saucer’ type, with one layer of the flower sitting inside the other.

Mid season. .7m (Kerrigan, U.S.A)

The double, rose-bud like white flowers have green markings in the throat. Requires some protection from weather. $18.00

Early mid season. .7m (Unknown Hybrid)

Masses of large pure white double flowers. Frost tender. $18.00

Early mid season. .8m (Belgian Indica Hybrid) Bright pink and white semi-double flowers. Attractive shiny foliage. $18.00

Late. .5m (Satsuki, Japan)

The single, vivid pink flowers have a darker blotch. Compact growth habit. Said to be popular for bonsai. Attractive deep green foliage. $18.00

Mid season. .6m

The unusual colouring is a deep pink suffused orange pink. Attractive foliage. $18.00

Late mid season. .5m

The double hose-in-hose flowers are a pretty mid pink. The buds open like a rose-bud. Vigorous growth habit and flowers freely. $18.00

Mid season. 1.2m

(Kaempferi Hybrid Holland)

This particularly hardy variety has hosein-hose, semi-double, deep pinkish red flowers. Prolific flowerer. $18.00

Early mid season. .6m

(Belgian Indica Hybrid)

Very vibrant, semi-double deep orangered flowers. An unusual colouring. $18.00

Mid season. .6m

(Unknown Hybrid)

Double, deep crimson red flowers with darker throat markings. Attractive bronze-green autumn foliage. $18.00

Mid season. 1m

(Shammarello Hybrid U.S.A.)

Semi-double, to double, frilly mauve flowers with darker markings. Attractive unusual shade. Hardy. $18.00

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3199 ALINE

3002 ANNIVERSARY JOY

3005 BETTY ANNE VOSS

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3013 CHINZAN

3014 CHRISTINA

3017 CRIMSON DELIGHT

3203 DOROTHY GISH

3184 ELSA KARGA

3026 ELSIE LEE

3208 FASCINATION Description

Late mid season. .5m (Harris Hybrid U.S.A.)

These large single flowers are a vivid red and have a white centre. Low compact plant. Quite different. $18.00

Late mid season. 1.2m (Harris Hybrid U.S.A.)

This larger growing variety has very large, star-shaped white flowers. One of the very few fragrant evergreens. $18.00

Early. 1.2m (Southern Indica U.S.A.)

The slightly fragrant, single flowers are white. Grows into quite a wide bush. $18.00

Mid season. .75m (Girard Hybrid, U.S.A).

The showy crimson red flowers have a deeper red blotch. Very free flowering. Bronze-green autumn foliage. $18.00

Late. .4m

(Satsuki Hybrid Japan)

Heavily frilled, bright salmon pink, semidouble flowers. Very free flowering. Very compact growth habit. $18.00

Late mid season. .6m (Harris Hybrid U.S.A.)

This low growing densely foliaged azalea has single white flowers that have a strong, deep coral border. $18.00

Early mid season. .8m (Belgian Indica Hybrid)

Large dark red, double, frilled flowers. Upright but compact growth habit. Warmer climate variety. $18.00

Late. .4m

(Satsuki Hybrid Japan)

Semi-double, pure white flowers. Very dense foliage and free flowering. $18.00

Early mid season. .6m (Pericat Hybrid)

Clusters of pure white semi-double flowers. Dense, spreading growth. Protect flowers from heavy rain. Good foliage. $18.00

Late mid season. .6m

(Dr August Kehr Hybrid U.S.A.)

A spreading variety suitable as a ground cover, basket or container plant. The flowers are double and a vivid orange red. $18.00

Early mid season. .75m (Nuccio, U.S.A.)

Double, hose-in-hose deep mauve purple flowers. Longer flowering period. Warmer climate desirable. $18.00

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Late mid season. .45m (Linwood Hybrid U.S.A.)

This low growing mounded azalea has white, hose-in-hose flowers. $18.00

 3208 FASCINATION

3030 FIELDER’S WHITE

3033 FROSTED ORANGE

3035 GARDENIA SUPREME

3037 GEORGIA GIANT

 3037 GEORGIA GIANT

3039 GIRARD’S CRIMSON

3041 GOYET

3042 GREAT EXPECTATIONS

3045 GUMPO SALMON

3046 GUMPO WHITE

3047 HAPPY DAYS

3048 HARDY GARDENIA

Late mid season. 1m (Kaempferi Hybrid Holland)

A very prolific flowerer having showy, bright crimson red flowers. Attractive bronze winter foliage. $18.00

Early mid season. 1m (Ryukyu Hybrid Japan)

The single white flowers have a slight fragrance. Good strong growing bush. Can be a little frost tender. $18.00

Early mid season. .5m

(Kaempferi, Hybrid)

Single deep purplish red flowers. A hardy, low growing, wider than tall variety. Beautiful bronze autumn foliage. $18.00

Late. .3m

Very low growing and spreading plant with brick red flowers. Small foliage. Another variety suited to hanging baskets or rockery. $18.00

Mid season. .75m (Southern Indica Hybrid)

A robust growing azalea that has deep green foliage and a rose pink and white flower. Long flowering period. $18.00

Mid season. 1.2m

(Vuyk Hybrid Holland)

Single white flowers with green flashes. Fragrant. $18.00

Early. .6m

(Kurume Hybrid Japan)

This very popular free flowering variety has hose-in-hose, soft rose pink flowers, on a compact bush. Flowers over a long period. $18.00

Mid season. .4m (Unknown Hybrid)

A compact little plant with white margins on the single orange flowers. $18.00

Mid season. .8m (Belgian Indica Hybrid)

This particular azalea benefits from pruning as a young plant. The double pure white flowers resemble rose buds. $18.00

Late mid season. 1m

A hardy, colourful, bright mid pink variety. The flowers are like little rosebuds. Very free flowering. $18.00

Late. .5m

(Robin Hill Hybrid U.S.A.)

This hose-in-hose, double flower is soft salmon pink with a small pink flare. Low growing and compact habit. $18.00

Early. .7m

Hose-in-hose soft salmon pink flowers. Prolific flowerer. Flowers over a long period. $18.00

3060 JOHANNA

3061 JOSEPH HILL

3121 KIRIN

3065 LORNA

3206 MAGNIFICA ALBA

3066 MARDI GRAS

3187 MRS KINT

3070 NANCY OF ROBIN HILL

3126 NICO

3073 PALESTRINA

3074 PAX

3117 PEACH KIRIN

Early mid season. .75m (Belgian Indica Hybrid)

Semi-double silvery white, mauve- pink flowers. Quite different, warmer climate variety. $18.00

Very Late. .5m

(North Tisbury Hybrid U.S.A.)

As the name suggests, this azalea sends shoots upwards and they then fall down like a fountain. At the same time the other growth is very low to the ground, so the upward growing shoots can be removed and the plant used either as a ground cover or a basket plant. The flowers are a deep reddish orange and have darker red spotting. $18.00

Mid season. .6m

(Belgian Indica Hybrid)

Single white flowers with distinctive lavender border. Prolific flowerer. $18.00

Mid season. .6m

(Prob. Indica Hybrid) Deep red double flowers with dark markings. $18.00

Early mid season. .8m

Double, creamy-white flowers. Attractive foliage. $18.00

Mid season. 1.2m

(Gable Hybrid U.S.A.)

This hardy, free flowering, hose-in-hose azalea has light purple flowers. $18.00

Early mid season. .8m (Belgian Indica Hybrid)

Another vigorous grower having showy rose red, hose-in-hose flowers. $18.00

Late. .5m

(Greenwood Hybrid U.S.A.)

A low, rounded, compact plant that has deep mauve hose-in-hose flowers. Very free flowering. $18.00

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Early. .6m

(Kerrigan Hybrid U.S.A.)

This is a double, frilly rose-pink azalea. It flowers early in the season over a long period and is a very prolific flowerer. Attractive purple foliage tints in autumn and winter. $18.00

Late. 1m

Brilliant red orange flowers with a white centre. Flowers late in the season. $18.00

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3127 PINK ICE

3084 PURITY

3085 PURPLE SPLENDOR

3087 RED FOUNTAIN

 3087 RED FOUNTAIN

3120 RED LIGHT

3088 RED WINGS

3090 RIPPLES

3091 ROSA BELTON

3093 ROYAL ROBE

3094 SAINT JAMES

3136 SHERWOOD RED Description

Early. .8m

(Kurume Hybrid, Japan)

Single bright orange red flowers. Very free flowering. $18.00

Mid season. .6m

(Unknown Hybrid)

Soft pink flowers in the spring. Green and cream variegated foliage. Best in semi shade and massed groups. $18.00

Late. .6m

(Belgian Indica Hybrid)

Single bright pink flowers. A good strong growing variety flowering late in season. $18.00

Early mid season. .8m

(Belgian Indica Hybrid)

Frilled, semi-double, hose- in-hose light pink flowers shading to white tips. Warmer climate variety. $18.00

Mid season. .6m

Semi-double hose-in-hose flowers, deep reddish pink. Bushy growth. $18.00

Early mid season. 1m

(Glenn Dale Hybrid U.S.A.)

Single to semi-double, white flowers with green markings. Vigorous bush. $18.00

Mid season. .5m

(Belgian Indica Hybrid)

The foliage on this plant is variegated, paler green leaves with a cream edging. The small double flowers are a deep red. $18.00

Mid season. .75m

(Belgian Indica Hybrid)

Double rose red and white variegated flowers. Very showy. $18.00

Early. .6m

(Belgian Indica Hybrid)

A bright and unusual magenta purple, double flower. Trim to shape when young as tends to be of sprawling habit. $18.00

Early mid season. .5m

(Belgian Indica Hybrid)

Double, apricot-orange flowers flushed white. Probably the closest to an orange azalea you can get. Requires a warmer climate. $18.00

Mid season. .6m

(Greenwood Hybrid U.S.A.)

This azalea has moderate purplish red hose-in-hose flowers. $18.00

Mid season. 1m

Small, hose-in-hose, deep blood red flowers. Usually regarded as the deepest red evergreen azalea. $18.00

Mid season. .7m

(Belgian Glenn Dale Hybrid)

This densely spreading variety is probably better planted in dappled shade to maintain good foliage colour. The flowers are single and white. $18.00

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3125 SILVER ANNIVERSARY

3097 SILVER GLOW

3135 SOUTHERN AURORA

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3183 SWEET NELLIE

3128 THE TEACHER

3200 TICO TICO

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3106 VESPERS

3107 VIOLACEA MULTIFLORA

3124 WARDS RUBY

3131 WHITEHOUSE

ADVANCED SPECIMENS

Plants with a * next to their name do not have a photo and/or description within this catalogue, please email if you would like more details of any variety.

CREAMS & WHITES

Apple Brandy *

Belle Heller

Boddaertianum

Catherine Trott

Cinnamon Bear

Coconut Ice

County of York

Cream Supreme

Cunningham’s White

Eric’s Surprise

Fife

Floral Bouquet

Gomer Waterer

Grumpy *

Helene Schiffner

Homeslee Pearl

Ice Cube

Ilam Cream *

Ina Hair

Jocelyne *

Kotuku

Laramie

Little White Dove

Madame Carvalho *

Merley Cream

Mi Amor

Morning Cloud

Morning Magic

Mrs George Huthnance

Mrs John Millais

Mt Everest

Neat O

Pawhuska *

Phyllis Korn *

R.Falconeri

R.Lindleyi (RHS)

R.maddenii

R.maddenii ‘Muncaster Castle’

Sappho

Schneewolke

Senator Henry Jackson

Snow Kist

Solway College

Starbright Champagne

Tiana

Unique

White Gold

White Pearl

White Waves *

Yak Preyii

LEMONS & YELLOWS

Beverley Tasker Crest *

Double Eagle

Graf Lennart *

Holy Moses

Honey Butter

Horizon Monarch *

Jeanne Church

Karen Triplett

Kit Collier *

Lemon Lodge

Lemon Marmalade

Lemon Mist

Mary Drennen

Meadow Lemon

Mindy’s Love

Nancy Evans

Patty Bee

R.macabeanum

Saffron Queen

Spiced Honey

Tweety Bird

Vicki Harris

Yellow Petticoats

Yellow Butterflies

MAUVES, BLUES & PURPLES

Audacious

Augfast *

Blue Boy

Blue Diamond

Blue Jay

Blue Peter

Blue River

Blurettia

Bumblebee

Dorothy Amateis

Iiam Violet X Blue Diamond

Irresistible Impulse

Kokardia

Lavender Girl

Lee’s Dark Purple

Madame Cochet

Marcel Menard

Mrs J P Lade

Oceanlake

Old Port

Olin O. Dobbs

Patricia Crowley

MAUVES, BLUES & PURPLES

R.augustinii ‘Barto Blue’

R.augustinii ‘Chasmanthum’ *

R.augustinii ‘Gillium’ *

R.augustinii ‘Glen Fallock’ *

R.campanulatum *

R.ponticum ‘Silver Edge’ *

St Tudy Susan

Van Nes Sensation

ORANGES & APRICOTS

Ambergris *

Buttermint

John’s Memory

Lem’s Tangerine

Petticoat Lane

Rachael

September Song

Unique Marmalade

Whitney’s Orange *

Woody Peach *

Yak X Fred Wynniatt

PINKS

Christmas Cheer

Cross Hills Royale

Cupcake *

Doc

Dreamland

Earl Murray

Hachmann’s Polaris

Helen Deehr *

Hinoki

Hoppy *

Janet Blair

Kimberly

Lem’s Cameo

Lester Mckee

Mary Tasker

Maureen

Merle Lee *

Morgenrot

Mount Loma Prieta *

Mrs G W Leak

Nasselle

Nobel Moutain *

Ooh Gina

PINKS

Percy Wiseman

R.irroratum ‘Polka Dot’ *

R.praestans *

Ross Maude

Ruth Mottley

Sir Robert Peel

Solidarity

Sophisticated Lady

Sweet Sue *

Trude Webster

Twice as nice

Vandec

Viennese Waltz

Winsome

Willetts

REDS

Black Magic

Brigadoon *

Brittenhill Bugle

Catherine Fairbank

David *

Dorinthia *

Grace Seabrook

Halfdan Lem

Huntington

Impi

Jan Bee

Kaponga Lady in Red

Mandalay

Oklahoma

REDS

Raging Bull

R.elliottii #20303 *

Robert Balch *

Rubicon

Ruby Hart

Sammetglut

Sir Edmund Hillary

Tornado

Vincent Van Gogh

Witchery

HELPFUL PRODUCTS FOR SALE

We have a full range of the products below available at our Plant Centre which we can also send with your plant order.

Tree Health Band

Fantastically easy system to control sucking insects.

1 metre / $12.00

5 metre / $25.00

Super Neem Tree Oil

A natural safe organic pesticide. For use with our Tree Health Bands.

125ml bottle / $12.00

250ml bottle / $20.00

Super Thrips Killer

The most costeffective product for large infestations of thrips. Use with our Tree Health Bands.

200ml / $30.00

Pot & Soil Wetter

An absolute must for easier pot and container watering and for those gardening in dryish areas.

500ml / $18.00

Trichopel

Moss & Lichen Killer

Kiwicare Lawnguard

Use this product to control grass grub infestations. (Granular insecticide).

350g / $16.00

100g / $5.00

2kg / $85.00

Trichopel pellets contain the living beneficial fungus Trichoderma. Trichoderma acts as a mycoparasite with antagonistic properties against many wood invading and soil living, fungal pathogens, which infect plants and their roots.

Use for control of moss and lichen on deciduous shrubs and trees and on hard surfaces.

200ml / $9.00

ESSENTIAL FERTILISERS FOR SALE

Maxi-Boost Fertiliser

Long-Life Fertiliser

All-Purpose Fertiliser

release fertiliser for correcting rhododendron ill health

500g / $10.00

Controlled release fertiliser for smallgrowing azaleas and container plants

750g / $10.00

Premium macronutrient fertiliser suitable for rhododendrons and deciduous azaleas

3kg / $10.00

LIFETIME LABELS, TIES AND STAKES

Our anodized aluminium labels have a proven long life and UV resistance in NZ conditions. For home gardens, parks, nurseries or any situation where durable, non-fade labelling is required.

4 Unique ways to utilise our Lifetime Labels

We’ve previously offered embossed characters on our labels, unfortunately after 20 years of good service our Italianmade machine has kicked the bucket. It has proven very hard to find a suitable replacement embosser.

We will sell our blank labels giving you the opportunity to write your own information on both sides using a durable CRC Solvent-Based Paint Marker Pen.

Label is tied to the branch with a 300mm length copper wire encased in a black UV-resistant PVC coating. The wire is simply twisted around itself, to form a large loop on the branch. Label size: 25mm wide X 114mm long.

The label is fixed to large trees with a 300mm copper wire encased in PVC staple which is inserted into drilled holes. Wind or birds etc. cannot remove the label once the wire has callused into the tree. The wire will not harm the tree.

Product Prices

1. Lifetime Label $ .70 each

2. Lifetime Label $1.00 each + UV-Proof Wire Tie

3. Lifetime Label $1.00 each + UV-Proof Wire Staple

4. Stainless Steel $1.80 each Plain Stake

5. Stainless Steel $2.40 each Footed Stake Stake length 650mm

6. CRC Permanent $7.00 each Paint Marker – Black

All prices include GST Neat and practical. Just slip label on to the coiled end, squeeze closed with pliers and push into soil to the required depth. Ideally suited to young or small plants, perennials etc.

Child-proof footed stakes are set in place by pushing into soil with a spade, withdraw the spade and the high tensile steel foot will spread open to anchor the stake. Will not corrode.