The American Rhododendron Society has release the results of its2022 Rhododendron of the Year Awardsand two Proven Winners ColorChoice cultivars have garner regional awards .
The committee choose rhododendrons for adaptability in eight regions of the United States and Canada . The situation posit , “ To be selected for a Rhododendron of the Year award a industrial plant must have splendid leafage and peak , have an attractive industrial plant riding habit , be pest and disease insubordinate , and be cold hardy for the region . ”
Black Hat and Dandy Man Color Wheel
Proven Winners ColorChoiceBlack HatandDandy Man Color Wheelrhododendrons were named Rhododendron of the Year for the South primal region . For each region , the Plant Award Committee chooses an elepidote and a lepidote rhododendron , a deciduous azalea , and an evergreen plant azalea .
Black Hat rhododendron is a lepidote coinage , generally observe for small foliage with scale - similar structures on the undersides of the leaves . cover by Dr. Tom Ranney at North Carolina State University , Black Hat rhododendron is a triploid extract , making the flowers longer last than schematic selections . This rhododendron has thick , dark , evergreen plant foliation that accept on striking empurpled - disastrous tint in cool weather .
Also breed by Dr. Ranney , Dandy Man Color Wheel rhododendron is elepidote , with the large - sized foliage that typically comes to brain when reference rhododendrons . They are called elepidote because they lack the scale - like structures on the undersides of the leaf . Dandy Man Color Wheel rhododendron has ruffled pink bloom of youth that modulation to crisp whitened , creating the effect of three different colors blooming at once . giving evergreen foliation , splendid disease resistivity , and heat permissiveness make this NCSU hybrid an adaptable , widely available broadleaf evergreen .
The American Rhododendron Society is a non - profit organisation project to encourage interest group in and provide information about the genus rhododendron . Society action include public education , industrial plant sales , flower shows , seed exchanges , and scientific research .
More information about the American Rhododendron Society can be foundhere . The intact telephone circuit of Proven Winners ColorChoice rhododendrons are pronto uncommitted by meet an score director from Spring Meadow Nursery or a local middleman .
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