"Pam - gardengal" wrote:
"paghat" wrote:
1) Trumpets are singles, a bit more than one-inch each, in small
trusses of two or four trumpets
2) Early flowering (late March & early April)
3) Small elongated evergreen leaves
4) Shrub has upright habit, open, semi-dwarf (it's four feet tall, but
is probably no less than 15 years old)
5) Doesn't show very well in this photo, but the very tippy-tip of
each anther is magenta-pink.
6) Fluffy buds are greenish white but open pure white & just slightly
wrinkly.
This shrub turns neither maroon nor coppery in winter, but stays green.
"PJM White" also starts with a pinkish bud that opens white instead of a
greenish white bud that opens white. It does somewhat resemble a
small-leaf Mezzitt of some kind, but I may have to resign myself to never
knowing exactly what it is, too few distinguishing factors other than
blooming a bit earlier than most smaller leafed white trumpet-singles.
Could it be 'Snow Lady'? It fits all your descriptors, but was difficult to
find a good photo on the web. Try a google image search and see how close it
might be. FWIW, mine, now in bloom, looks very much like yours - single
white trumpets in loose groupings of 1-4 or 5, a compact but open form and
smallish leaves.
This matches very well. Apparently it is propular in Europe.
There are poor pictures of snow lady at:
http://www.esveld.nl/htmldia/r/rhslad.htm
and
http://www.grinderslev.dk/datasets/p...enavn=Rhododen
dron%20'Snow%20Lady'
and
http://members.tripod.com/~klok/Rhod...onSep1999.html
At
http://www.suncrestnurseries.com/des...dodendron.html it is
described as:
Snow Ladyš . A bushy dwarf selection, growing around 3' tall. It has
soft, densely hairy 2-3" leaves and tightly clustered, broad-petalled,
pure white blossoms with a delightful fragrance. Very easy to grow, and
hardy to 10 oF or less.
[Its registration says:
Seed Parent x Pollen Parent:* leucaspis x ciliatum?*
Flower Color:* White*
Flower / Truss Description:* Flower pure white. Held in lax trusses of
2-5. Buds well in shade.*
Bloom Time:* Early*
Height (ft.) in 10 Yrs:* 3*
Cold Hardiness Temperatu* 0°F* ( -18°C)
Foliage Description / Plant Habit:* Hairy leaves are very glossy.*
Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L):* L*
Hybridizer:* Lancaster*
Registration Reference:* RHS 58*
http://www.rhododendron.org/descriptionH_new.asp?ID=692 ]
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