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Rhododendron Hybrids - Oranges & Apricots

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. $40.00

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2914 VICKI HARRIS

Mid season. 1.5m

(No image available) Clear yellow flowers. $40.00

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. $37.00

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. $37.00

1448 AMBERGRIS

Early mid season. 1.2m (‘Dido’ x ‘Fawn’) Previously known as ‘Sunbeam’, this New Zealand raised hybrid is an unusual pinky-lemon, apricot colour, a colour not often seen in rhododendrons. The soft orange perimeter merges into a soft yellow centre. Requires good drainage & dappled shade. $40.00

1496 APRICOT SHERBET

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Comstock’ x ‘Dido’) A highly rated American cross that is a very unusual buff-apricot colour not seen in other rhododendrons. Good truss and bush formation. $40.00

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. $37.00

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. $40.00

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. $35.00

2901 EARL MURRAY

Mid season. 1.5m

(No image available) Salmon-orange trusses with wavy margins. Upright. $40.00

2443 FLAMING STAR

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Ring of Fire’ x ‘Lem’s Cameo’) This vibrant flower will light up the garden! Blooms with yellow centers and hot, red-orange edges form large trusses of many flowers. The foliage is deep firgreen and somewhat shiny. $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. $40.00

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. $40.00

1431 ILAM YELLOW X ILAM CANARY

Mid season. 1.5m The flowers on this plant are a most delicate shade of apricot and have a small wine eye. The fact the edge of the florets are frilled adds to its beauty.

$37.00

2070 JOHN’S MEMORY

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Nancy Evans’ x [‘Lem’s Cameo’ x ‘Colonel Coen’]) Reddish pink buds opening peachy-pink shading lighter with a small reddish flare. Compact rounded truss. $37.00

2699 KIWI FLASH

Mid season. 1.5m (‘The Master’ x ‘Whitney’s Orange’) Large trusses of apricot pink fading to a creamy apricot with a red eye. $37.00

2872 KIWI MUM

Early mid season. 1.2m (‘Kiwi Magic’ x ‘Nancy Evans’) Apricot flowers tinged with salmonyellow. Tight, bushy plant. $40.00

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. $37.00

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. $40.00

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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. $40.00

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. $40.00

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. $40.00

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.

$37.00