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Potomac Valley Chapter
of the
American Rhododendron Society
Van Veen Group Order - 2004

We occasionally send a group order for rhododendron yearlings (year-old rooted cuttings) to Van Veen Nursery, a wholesale propagator in Portland, Oregon. Plants are shipped to us in the spring or fall, dependimg upon availability. One restriction is that we must order at least 5 of a variety for a wholesale order. If we do not meet their minimums we will not order the variety.

Some of the plants we have ordered from Van Veen are listed below

Chapter Recommendations

HYBRIDS   -   WHITE

Variety Bloom Hardy Height
Boule de Neige M -25 L
Calsap M -25 M
County of York (GA) M -15 T
Crete (DL, y) EM -20 L
*Dexter's Vanilla (DE) E -5 L
Dolly Madison (DL) EM -20 M
Disca (GA) LM -10 M
Helen Everett (DE) M -10 T
Ken Janek (y) EM -20 L
Mist Maiden (y) EM -20 L
*Neat-O (y) EM -5 L
Nestucca (y) M -15 L
Phyllis Korn EM -10 T
Queen Anne's M -10 M
Ruth Davis (GA, y) EM -15 SD
Summer Summit (DL) VL -20 T
Tiana (y) M -10 M
Yaku Angel (y) EM -15 SD

PINK

Variety Bloom Hardy Height
Albert Close (GA) L -15 M
Anita Gehnrich (y) M -10 L
Anna Rose Whitney M -5 T
Apple Blossom (DE) EM -5 T
Atroflo (GA) M -5 M
Barmstedt (HH, y) M -15 M
Betty Hume (DE) M -10 M
Brown Eyes (DE) M -15 M
Cadis (GA) LM -15 T
Caroline (GA) M -20 T
Chatham (DE) EM -10 M
Christmas Cheer (SH) VE -10 L
Dexter's Harlequin (DE) M -5 T
Dexter's Peppermint (DE) EM -5 L
Dexter's Victoria (DE) M -20 T
Fantastica (HH, y) M -5 L
Gloxineum (DE) LM -15 T
Great Eastern (DE) M -15 M
Hachmann's Polaris (HH, y) EM -15 SD
Janet Blair (DL) M -15 M
Katherine Dalton (GA) M -15 M
Midsummer VL -10 M
*Mrs. Furnival LM -10 M
Mrs. W. R. Coe (DE) LM -5 T
Parker's Pink (DE) M -15 M
Paul R. Bosley (DE) M -20 M
Powder Puff (DE) M -10 L
Richard Bosley (DE) EM -15 M
Robert Allison (GA) LM -15 T
Ruby Bowman EM -10 M
Scintillation (DE) M -15 M
Solidarity (y) M -15 L
*Tomo-O (y) M -10 L
Trude Webster M -5 T
True Treasure (DE) M -5 M
Wheatley (DE) EM -15 M
Windbeam (sl) EM -20 L
Wyandanch Pink (DE) M -25 T
Yaku King (SH, y) M -15 L
Yaku Prince (SH, y) M -15 L
Yaku Queen (SH, y) M -15 L

LAVENDER - BURGANDY - PURPLE

Variety Bloom Hardy Height
A. Bedford LM -5 T
Anah Krushke LM -15 M
Blue Ensign M -15 M
Dorothy Amateis (sl) LM -15 M
*Goldflimmer M -10 M
P.J.M (sl) E -30 L
Royal Purple LM -15 M

RED - ROSY RED

Variety Bloom Hardy Height
Accomplishment (DE) M -15 T
Avondale (DE) M -5 M
Cynthia M -10 T
GiGi (DE) M -10 M
Glenda Farrell (DE) M -15 L
*Grace Seabrook E -5 T
Harold Amateis M -10 M
Holden (SH) EM -15 L
Mars LM -15 L
Morgenrot (HH,y) M -15 L
Nova Zembla M -20 M
Taurus EM -5 T
Todmorden (DE) EM -10 M
Trilby M -10 M
Vulcan's Flame LM -10 M

YELLOW / CREAM

Variety Bloom Hardy Height
*Crystal Springs (DE) M -10 L
Golden Star (HA) M -5 M
*Golden Harvest E -15 M
Merley Cream (DE) EM -15 M
Viscy M -5 L

MIXED - YELLOW, ORANGE, PINK

Variety Bloom Hardy Height
*Barbara Hardgrove (HA) EM -10 M
Dexter's Champagne (DE) M -15 M
*Donna Hardgrove (HA) EM 0 L
Mary Belle (GA) M -15 M
Mary Fleming (sl) E -15 SD


KEY:
  • Variety:
    DE - Dexter, DL - David Leach, GA - Gable, HA - Hardgrove, HH - Hans Hachmann, SH - Shammarello, y - yakushimanum hybrid, sl - small leaf (lepidote)

  • Bloom:
    VE- Very Early, E - Early, EM - Early Midseason, M- Midseason, LM - Late Midseason, L - Late, VL - Very Late

  • Hardiness:
    Estimated low temperature limit for bud hardiness.

  • Height:
    T- Tall, M - Medium, L - Low, SD - Semi-Dwarf, D - Dwarf

SPECIES

(Rooted Cuttings)
adenopodum *pachysanthum
*augustinii poniticum variegated
    'Early Blue' *pseudochrysanthum
brachycarpum    'Ben Nelson'
*bureavii    'Exbury'
*bureavioides    'Mt. Morrison'
catawbiense serpyllifolium
chapmanii (minus) *smirnowii
*diaprepes sutchuenense
degronianum vernicosum
fortunei yakushimanum
hyperythrum    'Exbury'
keiskei (sl)    'Koichiro Wada'
maximum    'Phetteplace'
metternichii    'Van Zile'
micranthum    'Whitney Dwarf'

EVERGREEN AZALEAS

(Yearlings)
Pink:
Allure, Al's Picotee, Amaghasa, Arcadia, Betty Muir, Carmel, Cleopatra, Debonaire, Demure, Dream, Girard's Rose, Hilda Niblett, Isolde, Kermesina Rose, Komo Kulshan, Nancy of Robinhill, macrosepalum var. linearifolium, Oracle, Refrain, Scout, Seneca, Sham's May Belle, Shinnyo-no-tsuki, Starlight

Red:
Dragon, Elise Norfleet, Gable's Carol, Hot Shot, Joseph Hill, Variegated Hot Shot, Wintergreen

Purple:
Big Joe, Corsage, Damaris, Elsie Lee, Girard Sandra Ann, Herbert, Karens, Koromo Shikibu, Martha Hitchcock, Merlin, Violetta, Warrior, Zulu

White:
Caprice (Glenn Dale), Dowager, Eikan, Geisha, Hardy Gardenia, Helen Close, Moonbeam, PrintDress, Puck, Quakeress, Samite, Sonata

Orange:
Ambrosia, Ben Morrison, Fascination, Frosted Orange, Great Expectations, Greetings, Margaret Douglas, Robin Hill Gillie

Greenhouse Plants:

MADDENIAS:
Anne Teese, auritum, Barbara Jury, Bernice, callophyllum, Christine Denz, Countess of Haddington, cubitii 'Ashcombe', edgeworthii, edgeworthii x Else Frye, Else Frye, Felicity Fair, Frangrantissimum, Lady Alice Fitzwilliam, Lovelock, lyi, Mi Amour, My Lady, nuttalli, Parisienne, Pink Trumpet, Princess Alice, Royal Flush, Sirius, Tyermanii, zeylanicum


VIREYAS:
aurigeranum, Blushing Belle, Cape Cod Cranberry, Carillon Bells, Charming Valentino, Cristo Rey, Elizabeth Anne Seton, Hansa Bay, jasminiflorum var. punctatum, laetum, Little Maria, Lucie Sorenson, Nancy Adler Miller, Saxon Glow, Silver Thimbles
Copyright © Donald W. Hyatt

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