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1334 ALBATROSS

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Late mid season. 1.8m Smokey pink in bud, opens white with mahogany eye. Fragrant, large flowers and truss. $40.00

2293 APPLE BRANDY

Mid season. 1.2m (No image available) (yakushimanum x Unknown Hyb) Cream flowers with a pink edge. Free flowering. Compact plant with good foliage. $40.00

1909 BELLE HELLER

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. $37.00

1142 BODDAERTIANUM

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. $37.00

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2694 CARLA VAN ZON

Late. 1.5m (crassum Sdlg) Soft pink in bud turning to white with a yellow eye. Trumpet shaped flowers. Strongly perfumed. Glossy attractive foliage. $37.00

2772 CINNAMON BEAR

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. $37.00

1856 COCONUT ICE

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. $37.00

1536 COKER’S CREAM

Mid season. .75m (Unknown) Low compact plant with small compact cream truss. Paler green foliage. $35.00

1613 CREAM GLORY

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Comstock’ x ‘Cheyenne’) Flowers are a deep buttery cream with a large calyx. Rounded leaves are an attractive forest green. This plant was a winner of ‘the best American hybrid’ award. Prefers light overhead shade and requires good drainage. $40.00

1904 CREAM PIE

Mid season. 1.2m (chlorops x ‘King of Shrubs’) The very attractive creamy-lemon flowers have a deeper yellow eye. Neat shaped plant. Densely foliaged. $37.00

2875 CREAM SUPREME

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. $40.00

2231 CUNNINGHAM’S WHITE

Late mid season. 1.2m Attractive compact plant with small white flowers enhanced by a greenish yellow blotch. Buds are flushed pink. Hardy. $37.00

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1370 DANELLA

Mid season. 1.5m (lindleyi x nuttallii) Raised at Cross Hills. This upright growing rhododendron has deeply veined, dark green foliage. The lily-like white flowers have a large gold blaze in the throat. Their perfume is an added bonus. Does need protection from frosts.

$37.00

1298 DORA AMATEIS

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. $35.00

1296 ELSAE

Very early. 1.8m A large leaved variety that has very big cream trusses, with a crimson blotch in the base of the florets. Lovely big leaves complement the flowers. Grows into a big tree. $40.00

1777 ERIC’S SURPRISE

Mid season. 1.5m Soft cream flowers with a contrasting soft yellow blaze, spotted tan. Good shaped truss and attractive foliage.

$37.00

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1670 ERIC’S TRIUMPH

Mid season. 1.8m (dalhousiae x nuttallii x lindleyi) Raised at Cross Hills. Green in bud turning into creamy-white trumpet flowers with a gold eye. Light perfume. Tall upright growth habit. Requires frost protection. $37.00

2870 FLORAL BOUQUET

No information available. $40.00

1807 FLORAL FETE

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. $37.00

1479 FORTUNE

Early mid season. 1.8m The buds are a soft apricot, opening to a very large rich cream truss. Large magenta blotch in throat. Very large, attractive foliage having a light coat of tan indumentum. $40.00

2698 GANDY DANCER

Mid season. 1.8m Large cream to soft lemon trusses with current red eye. Glossy olive green leaves. $37.00

1123 GOMER WATERER

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. $37.00

1482 GRUMPY

Mid season. .5m (yakushimanum x unknown) A typically compact yakushimanum hybrid, having dark green leaves and deep cream flowers, tinged salmon pink.

$35.00

1449 GWAVA’S SPECIAL

Midseason. 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. $40.00

1420 HELENE SCHIFFNER

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. $37.00

1675 HOLMESLEE OPAL

Late mid season. 1.5m (No image available) (‘Waxeye’ x ‘Van Nes Sensation’) White, slightly perfumed flowers with a tinge of green. Compact upright plant.

$40.00

1920 ICE CUBE

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. $37.00

1276 ILAM CREAM

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.

$40.00

1795 INA HAIR

Early. 2m (macabeanum x unknown) The large upright trusses are apricot pink, fading to cream. Large leaved plant.

$40.00

2877 JOY BELLS

Early mid season. 1.8m (macabeanum x ‘Fortune’) Cream flowers suffused chartreuse with faint small crimson blotch in throat and cream stamens. Attractive leaves, compact sturdy growth eventually growing into large bush. $40.00

1118 KOTUKU

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. $37.00

1275 LODERI KING GEORGE

Early mid season. 1.8m (griffithianum x fortunei) This variety has large tubular-shaped soft pink flowers fading to white. Nice fragrance, large growing tree. $40.00

2847 LOGAN TASKER

Mid season. 1.5m (Unknown) The large white flowers are shaded lemon in the throat and form a large truss.

$40.00

1643 MERLEY CREAM

Mid season. 1.5m (Unknown) Large trusses of greenish white flowers tinged pink. Dense upright growth habit.

$40.00

1463 MI AMOR

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. $37.00

2499 MORNING CLOUD

Mid season. 1m (yakushimanum x ‘Springbok’) 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. $37.00

2500 MORNING MAGIC

Mid season. 1m (yakushimanum x ‘Springbok’) Large pale pink blooms fading to white. Compact, bushy habit. Dense, dark green foliage. $37.00

1263 MRS GEORGE HUTHNANCE

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.

$40.00

1262 MRS JOHN MILLAIS

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. $37.00

1016 MT EVEREST

Early mid season. 1.8m (campanulatum x griffithianum) White florets with maroon spotting form a large compact truss. Good strong growth habit. $37.00

2762 NEAT O

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. $37.00

2162 PHYLLIS KORN

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.

$37.00

1567 PRINCESS ALICE

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. $37.00

1062 SAPPHO

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. $37.00

2518 SCHNEEBUKETT

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Mrs J G Millais’ x ‘Bismarck’) The pure white florets have an attractive, contrasting rustic red blaze on them. Reasonably open growth habit. $37.00

2542 SCHNEEWOLKE

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.

$37.00 2774 SENATOR HENRY JACKSON

Mid season. 1m (‘Siouxon’ x ‘Mrs Horace Fogg’) Perfect trusses of pure white. Profuse bloomer. Compact habit with deep green, indumented foliage. $37.00

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. $37.00

2726 SOLWAY COLLEGE

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Crest’ x griffithianum) Flowers opening soft lavender, with light maroon speckling, fading to white. Attractive glossy dark green leaves. $40.00

2730 SOUTHERN ALPS

Mid season. 1.8m (Unknown) Free flowering upright growing plant with trusses of purest white. $40.00

2780 STARBRIGHT CHAMPAGNE

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. $40.00

1748 STEADS BEST

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. $37.00

2894 TIANA

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. $40.00

1751 TUPARE