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R. ponticum

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Synonyms		 R. adansonii (Pépin)
R. algarvense
R. azaleoides
R. baeticum (Boiss, Reut.)
R. hyacinthiflorum
R. lancifolium (Moench)
R. lowei
R. obtusum
R. odoratum
R. parviflorum
R. ponticum ssp baeticum (Boiss, Reut.)
R. ponticum var brachycarpum (Boiss)
R. speciosum (Salisb.)
Synonyms R. 'Rhododendron adansonii Pépin, (French)'
Subgenus Hymenanthes
Section Pontica
Subsection Pontica
In cultivation since 1763
First Described 1762 (L.)
Origin Caucasus, N. Turkey, Spain and Portugal 0-1800 meter
Habitat terrestrial
10 Year Height ?
Mature Wild Height 500 cm. (17ft.)
Bloom Time late midseason
Flower ?
Predominant Colour pink
Leaves ?
Winter Foliage evergreen
Hardiness H4
Extra Information (about the synonym R. adansonii): Michel Adanson was a great botanist, whose work was conducted during the period of the “Lumičres”. He died on August 5, 1806 and was laid to rest at Pčre-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. He wrote 58 volumes of his “Familles des plantes”. Lots of species were named to honour Adanson: shellfishes such as Conus adansoni Lamarck, Helix adansoni Webb & Berthelot and flowering plants such as Bauhinia adansoniana Guill. & Perrot, Polystachya adansoniana Reichb.f., and Rhododendron adansonii Pépin. While some of these names mayno longer be used today, they serve as a testimonial to two centuries of interest in Adanson.
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Susan Lightburn
Date:
16 June, 2011
Location:
private garden Vancouver Island Nanoose Bay BC Canada
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Photo By:
Susan Lightburn
Date:
16 June, 2011
Location:
private garden Vancouver Island Nanoose Bay BC Canada
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Garth Wedemire
Date:
19 May, 2007
Location:
Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Federal Way, Washington, USA
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Garth Wedemire
Date:
19 May, 2007
Location:
Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Federal Way, Washington, USA
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Susan Lightburn
Date:
16 June, 2011
Location:
private garden Vancouver Island Nanoose Bay BC Canada
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Herman Van Ree
Date:
23 June, 2009
Location:
Loch Lomond Golf Club
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Coen Zonneveld
Date:
03 June, 2002
Location:
Private garden, Diepenveen, Netherlands
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Coen Zonneveld
Date:
16 May, 2004
Location:
private garden Groede, Netherlands
Description:
white form of R. ponticum
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Coen Zonneveld
Date:
16 May, 2004
Location:
private garden Groede, Netherlands
Description:
white form of R. ponticum
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Hank Helm
Date:
29 May, 2006
Location:
Hank Helm Garden, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
Description:
A bloom from a branch that has reverted from a Variegatum form
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Hank Helm
Date:
13 July, 2012
Location:
Hank Helm Garden, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
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Photo By:
Garth Wedemire
Date:
11 June, 2008
Location:
Mike Bale’s Garden: Lu Zhu, Agassiz, BC, Canada
Description:
ponticum 'Variegatum'
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Daniele Magro
Date:
01 January, 2007
Location:
Private garden, Tirano, Sondrio, Italy
Description:
ponticum 'Variegatum'
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Bill & Cheryl Gray
Date:
01 July, 2011
Location:
Cisco Heights National Forest & Rhody Ranch, WA, USA
Description:
ponticum 'Variegatum'
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Han Boerrigter
Date:
18 May, 2009
Location:
Private garden, Groningen, Netherlands
Description:
ponticum 'Variegatum'
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Kathy & Bill McKay
Date:
08 June, 2010
Location:
private garden North Saanich, BC, Canada
Description:
ponticum 'Variegatum'
Photo By:
Garth Wedemire
Date:
11 June, 2008
Location:
Mike Bale’s Garden: Lu Zhu, Agassiz, BC, Canada
Description:
ponticum 'Variegatum'
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Everard Daniel
Date:
31 March, 2004
Location:
Leonardslee/Loder Plants, Sussex, UK
Description:
ponticum 'Variegatum'
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Photo By:
Everard Daniel
Date:
31 March, 2004
Location:
Leonardslee/Loder Plants, Sussex, UK
Description:
ponticum 'Variegatum'
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Photo By:
Herman Van Ree
Date:
05 May, 2009
Location:
Nunspeet, Netherlands
Description:
ponticum 'Variegatum'
Photo By:
Garth Wedemire
Date:
11 June, 2008
Location:
Mike Bale’s Garden: Lu Zhu, Agassiz, BC, Canada
Description:
ponticum 'Variegatum'
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Herman Van Ree
Date:
12 March, 2009
Location:
Nunspeet, Netherlands
Description:
ponticum 'Variegatum'Flower bud... now just wait
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Coen Zonneveld
Date:
16 May, 2004
Location:
private garden Groede, Netherlands
Description:
ponticum 'Cheiranthifolium'
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Alan Gregg
Date:
01 December, 2005
Location:
Swansea Botanical Complex, Wales, UK
Description:
ponticum 'Foliis Purpureis'
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