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R. aberconwayi

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Subgenus Hymenanthes
Section Pontica
Subsection Irrorata
In cultivation since 1937
First Described 1948 (Cowan)
Origin N.E. Yunnan, Lo Shiueh under 3000 meter
Habitat terrestrial
10 Year Height ?
Mature Wild Height 250 cm. (8ft.)
Bloom Time late midseason
Flower open flat saucer-shaped
Predominant Colour white
Leaves oblong-elliptic to broadly lanceolate
Winter Foliage evergreen
Hardiness H3
Extra Information Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway CBE (16 April 1879 - 23 May 1953) was a British politician, horticulturalist and industrialist. Around the end of his political career, in 1920, he inherited the family estate (originally his maternal grandfather's) in Bodnant, where he extensively developed and added to the Bodnant Garden. He took interest in the breeding of rhododendrons and magnolias. He sponsored several botanical collectors, including George Forrest, and Rhododendron aberconwayi is named in his honor. Most wellknown cultivars/clones are "His Lordship" and "Westhaven".
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Rinus Manders
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20 May, 2014
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Muncaster Castle Garden, Ravenglass, Cumbria, UK
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Hank Helm
Date:
05 May, 2006
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Hank Helm Garden, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
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Coen Zonneveld
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Diepenveen, Netherlands
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Garth Wedemire
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12 May, 2010
Location:
Mike Bale's Garden: Lu Zhu, Agassiz, BC, Canada
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Coen Zonneveld
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Diepenveen, Netherlands
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Hank Helm
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02 May, 2013
Location:
Hank Helm Garden, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
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Herman Van Ree
Date:
26 August, 2009
Location:
UBC Botanical Gardens, Vancouver
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Herman Van Ree
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26 August, 2009
Location:
UBC Botanical Gardens, Vancouver
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Herman Van Ree
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16 October, 2009
Location:
Nunspeet, Netherlands
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Douglas Justice
Date:
19 April, 2010
Location:
UBC Botanical Gardens, Vancouver
Description:
aberconwayi 'Westhaven'
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Garth Wedemire
Date:
28 April, 2007
Location:
Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Federal Way, Washington, USA
Description:
aberconwayi 'His Lordship'
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Douglas Justice
Date:
19 April, 2010
Location:
UBC Botanical Gardens, Vancouver
Description:
aberconwayi 'His Lordship'
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Herman Van Ree
Date:
15 April, 2010
Location:
own garden Nunspeet, Netherlands
Description:
aberconwayi 'His Lordship'almost open
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Garth Wedemire
Date:
09 April, 2010
Location:
University of Britsh Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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aberconwayi 'His Lordship'
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