Riverbank Nursery: 2008 Spring Catalogue ‘Revised’
Here are some species rhododendrons to add to your collection this spring. For information about species rhododendrons please email me at
riverbank@telus.net or call me at 604.946.4983. Diane Kehoe
R. albrechtii, ARS 2004 #86. Seed from Ole Jonny Larsen, Norway;
R. amagianum, ARS 2003 #378. Seed from Hideaki Ohazama, Japan;
Self pollinated;
R. arboreum ssp. Delavayi, ARS 2003 #189. Seed from June Sinclair, USA;
Best red, collected wild, x biggest trusses, collected wild;
R. auriculatum, ARS 2003 #591. Seed from Martin Anderson, Zone 8, USA;
Open pollinated; no other rhodos in bloom. Very fragrant;
R. brachycarpum, ARS 2002 #551. Seed from Hideaki Ohazama, Japan;
Collected wild Mt. Zao, Japan, 4000 feet;
R. calophytum var. calophytum, ARS 2003 #2011. Seed from Rhodo Species Foundation, WA, USA; 82/046 white, magenta blotch, red pedicles;
R. calophytum 64/063 x R. calophytum ‘Stanley Pink’, ARS 2005 #654. Seed from Robert Zimmerman, USA;
R. coriaceum, ARS 2004 #61. Seed from John Howcroft, UK;
R. dauricum album, ARS 2004 #216. Seed from Rosemary D Hartman, USA;
R. griffithianum, ARS 2003 #643. KCSH #0390. Seed collected wild at 7750 feet,
NE India, Ken Cox & Steve Hootman expedition seed;
R. kesangiae, ARS 2004 #628. NAPE # 121. Seed collected wild in NE India by
Steve Hootman;
R. luteum, ARS 2002 #2044. Seed from Rhodo Species Foundation, WA, USA.
76/413 yellow, fragrant x 76/417 yellow, fragrant.
R. macabeanum, ARS 2003 #634. Seed hand pollinated, Glendoick by Peter Cox;
R. mallotum, ARS 2003 #795. Seed hand pollinated at Muncaster Castle, GB, by Alan Clark;
R. nudipes, ARS 2004 #298. Seed collected wild by Hideo Ohazama from Mt.Nihunkoku, Japan, 1000 feet;
R. praestans, ARS 2003 # 797. Seed hand pollinated at Muncaster Castle by Alan Clark, UK.
R. quinquefolium, ARS 1999 #222. Seed from Rhodo Species Foundation, WA, USA. Seed hand pollinated, 77/433 selfed;
R. rex var. fictolacteum, ARS 2003 #639. Seed hand pollinated at Glendoick, Scotland by Peter Cox;
R. rex ssp. rex, ARS 2003 #640. Seed hand pollinated at Glendoick, Scotland by Peter Cox;
R. sutchuense var. geraldii, ARS 2005 #504. Seed selfed from plant collected wild by Per Houbak Vestergaard, Denmark;
R. tschonoskii, ARS 2004 #92. Seed from Ole Jonny Larson, Norway;
I have recently retired from the ‘day job’ that has limited my time in the nursery for many years. Now I am looking forward to making your dreams and mine come true for an excellent local supply of rare species rhododendrons. Please let me know if there are species on your ‘must have’ list so that I can look for seed.
I have been able to purchase some wonderful seed for plants that will be new to cultivation this year and some of them are already germinating on my heat table.
Coming soon:
R. quinquefolium, RSF 2007 #3051. Seed from 1977/433 selfed;
R. nikoense (= R. pentaphyllum), ARS 2006 #468. Seed collected in the wild;
R. williamsianum, RSF 2007 #3038. Seed from 1966/606 selfed;
R. eastmanii, ASA 2008 #130. Seed from R. eastmanii ‘North Wall’ x ‘Meadow’,
selected forms from the discoverer of the species, Mike Creel;
R. strigillosum, ARS 2008 #81. Cox form x Teevan form;
R. kiusianum, ARS 2008 #222. White form selfed;
R. arizelum, ARS 2008 #654. Bright yellow flowers, possibly new species;
R. luteum, ARS 2008 #163. Bright orange luteum, new from Turkey;
R. occidetale, ARS 2008 #364. Large frilly flowers with lots of yellow (scented);
R. spinuliferum, ARS 2008 #650. Form with small leaves;
R. viscosum aff, ARS2006 #766. Collected wild in Butler County, Alabama, USA;
R. dauricum, ARS 2007 #235. Collected wild in Russia.
