Catalogue: Yellow rhododendron varieties

Alan Johnston

A trio of colours, red, orange and yellow. Fabulous compact form.

1m x 1m
October

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burmanicum
Species from burma

Habit is open, upright and leggy. Medium sized lance shaped leaves are scaly on both sides, lending a lovely golden brown effect. Sweetly scented flower are tubular shaped and yellow to greenish. Trusses of 4-6.

 1.2m
 Flowers September/October

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Butter Brickle
Hotei x Lem's Cameo

Flower openly funnel-shaped, frilly, light yellow edges darkening to brilliant yellow towards center, with star-shaped cardinal red blotch in throat and red spotting. Ball-shaped to flat trusses hold 12 flowers.

 1.2m
 Flowers October

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Capistrano
Hindustan x {[catawbiense, white x (fortunei ssp. discolor x Fabia Group)]

An outstanding new hardy yellow. It bears trusses of 15 frilly greenish yellow flowers. One of the best hardy yellows. Excellent foilage. Dense mounding habit.

 1.5m
 Flowers late October

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Carita Golden Dream

Pink buds open to golden yellow flat topped trusses, which fade to cream. A compact plant with good foliage, which is best grown in light shade.

 1.4m
 Flowers October

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Crest
wardii var wardii x Lady Bessborough

Flower widely funnel-shaped, light greenish-yellow to pale yellow-green, somewhat darker in the center of the upper lobes and around the throat. Held in dome-shaped truss of about 12 flowers. Can become tree like.

 1.8m
 Flowers October

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Double Eagle
Unknown

Large flowers are pink in bud opening to a warm yellow with a fuchsia blotch. Very beautiful

 1.5m
 Flowers September/October

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Fire Rim
Nancy Evans x Pink Petticoats

Flower openly funnel-shaped, frilly edges, light yellow with purplish-red edge. Ball-shaped trusses of about 20 flowers.

 .75m
 Flowers September/October

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Floral Sun
(nuttallii x R.W.Rye)

These flowers are very large and fragrant too. Bright gold buds open to a rich flower with a gold centre, fading to buttery cream outer margins. Deeply textured large leaves on a slightly open growing plant. Buds need protection from heavy frost

 2m
 Flowers late October

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Gandy Dancer

Large heads of lemon yellow flowers.

 1.5m
 Flowers October

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Gold Fort

Flowers are pale ivory cream. Foliage has long leaves.

 2m
 Flowers October

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Golden Dream
(Naomi x campylocarpum)

Dense habit with dark green oval leaves. Flowers dusky pink in bud opening to lovely golden yellow. A very free flowering highly recommended hybrid.

 2.5m
 Flowers October

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Golden Torch
(Bambi x (Grosclaude Group x griersonianum)

Flowers pale yellow very lightly flushed pale greenish-yellow, spotted light yellow on dorsal lobe. A compact plant.

 1m
 Flowers November

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Golden Wedding
(R.Yakushimanum x R. Mrs Lammot Copeland)

Brick red buds open to yellow flowers.

 1.2m
 Flowers October

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Goldfinger

Beautiful buttery cream and rosy pink flowers on a compact bush.

 1m
 Flowers October

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Goldkrone
(wardii var. wardii x Alice Street) x Hachmann's Marina

Masses of yellow flowers with ruby red freckles on upper petals cover this compact and rounded plant.

 1m
 Flowers October

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Hotei
Goldsworth Orange x (souliei x wardii var wardii)

Light yellow with deeper shading of brilliant yellow. Held in loose, ball-shaped truss of 10-12 flowers. Avoid full sun.

 1m
 Flowers October

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Karen Triplett
(Seattle Gold x unknown)

Yellow flowers that glow in the night light. Lovely bronze spring growth on a dense and compact bush.

 1.5m
 Flowers late (still in flower 17.12.09 in our garden)

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Lemon Dream
Creamy Chiffon x degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Exbury'

Dreamy is right. Abundant, soft yellow flowers adorn a compact plant with excellent foliage. The midseason blooms have wavy edges and are sometimes double. Foliage is rounded and dark green, with a bit of brownish/orange indumentum on the underside. Low, mounded habit.

 1m
 Flowers October

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Lemon Mist
(xanthostephanum x leucaspis)

Bright greenish yellow open funnel shaped flowers. This shrub has a spreading but compact habit.

 50cm x 90cm wide
 Flowers early September

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Micheals Pride
(burmanicum x dalhousiae)

Buds are a warm yellow, but open creamy white fading to pure white. Flowers are thick and waxy, rather like a lily in appearance. Interesting foliage with a textured look.

 1.5m
 Flowers October
Protect buds from heavy frost

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Mindy's Love

Flower openly funnel-shaped, wavy lobes, pale greenish-yellow with throat and three upper lobes pale orange yellow, and with two faint strong red streaks in throat, reverse pale greenish yellow. Dome-shaped truss holds 21 flowers.

  1.5m
 Flowers October

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Nancy Evans
(Hotei x Lem's Cameo)

Orange Red buds open to amber yellow ball shaped trusses. A very popular irhodo in the yellow range.

 1m
 Flowers October
Flowers November

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Parisienne Improved
(valentinianum x burmanicum)

Very bright sulphur yellow flowers are held in loose trusses and are lightly fragrant. This plant will cope with a sunny position.
Protect buds from heavy frosts.

 1.2m
 Flowers September / October

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Peggie Roberts
unknown

Compact peachy/yellow/apricot flower with a dark eye deep inside the flower. Slightly wavy petals,

*1m
*Flowers November

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Pepperpot
'Goldbug' x unnamed semi dwarf orange Halfdan Lem hybrid of unknown parents

Flowers straw Yellow , heavily spotted Jasper Red lightly spotted same color inside lower lobes, Truss has 8-10 flowers.

 1m

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Ring of Fire
Darigold x Idealist

Flower openly funnel-shaped, wavy edges, light yellow, edged with red, outside mostly red with some light yellow near the base. Held in dome-shaped truss of 10-12 flowers.

 1.5m
  Flowers November

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Shamrock
(keiskei, dwarf form x hanceanum 'Nanum group')

This flower is yellowish-green but fades to yellow. A very good performing plant which tolerates rough condition. Small leaves mean this plant will tolerate sun. Shamrock is a dwarf shrub

 50cm
 Flowers September

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Sino Grande

The leaves on R. 'Sino Grande'can get to 18"x12" and have beautiful veining on top of the leaves. The indumentum is a silver gray. The flowers are pale yellow on a large upright truss. This species is one of the giants of the rhododendron world.

 Will get up to 10 metres
 Flowers after many years - a long wait!

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Spun Gold

Deep gold flowers with a double calyx in lax truss.

 1.2m
 Flowers November

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Tofino
(Lem's Cameo x Jalisco x Crest x King of Shrubs)

Red buds open to form dome-shaped trusses of cream and rosy pink markings. Lovely bronze new growth in big strong flushes. Glossy green foliage throughout the year.

 1.6m
 Flowers October / November

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Vicki Harris
(crest x ilam orange)

Large clear yellow ruffled trusses. Dense heavily veined dark green foliage.

 1.5m
 Flowers October

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Yellow Petticoats
(Hotei x pink petticoats x wardii)

Yellow and frilly like the name suggests. The contrast of vibrant green foliage and glowing flowers is striking.

 1m
 Flowers October

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