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Becca (Helsinki University x Blue Bell).
New variety of finnish breeding with high frost resistance down to – 30°C. Flowers intensely pink with green-brown spot. Loose habit. It grows with medium intensity. At the age of 10 years reaches the height of 120 cm. Leaves in the type of species brachycarpum - very big, shiny, vivid green.
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Eija (Elviira x Blue Bell).
Flowers abundantly with two-color flowers, white inside and purplish pink on the edges, with markable light brown spottings. The leaves are lanceolate and dark green. Compact upright growth habit. After 10 years reaches 1.2 m high. Flowering period is midseason. Frost resistance down to -26°C or more.
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Kristian's Pink (brachycarpum var. tigerstedtii x hybr.).
Dark brown reddish buds open to pink purple flowers. Flowers abundantly and long because of sterile flowers. It's distinguished by attractive silvery tomentose on young leaves which are lanceolate and dark green. Slow growing variety, reaches 60cm in 10 years. Flowering period is midseason. Requires shady place due to risk of necrosis of leaves edges. Frost resistance down to -32°C.
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Lumotar (Helsinki University x fortunei).
Light pink flower buds open to pure white flowers with good fragrance. Fully separated petals and anthers transformed into petaloids create a unique look unusual for a Rhododendron. The Finnish name 'Lumotar' means "Charming Beauty". The lanceolate leaves are dark green with a light green mid-rib. The growth habit is strongly upwards and loose. Reaches 1,8 m height in 10 years. Flowering period is midseason. Frost resistance down to -26 °C or more.
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Merja (Helsinki University x Böhmen).
Red flower buds open to beautiful orange pink flowers with yellow-brown spot. The oblanceolate or lanceolate dark green leaves cover densely the low and compact growing shrub, that reaches the height of 80cm in 10 years. Flowering period is midseason. Frost resistance down to -30°C, unusually high for orange flowering Rhododendrons.
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Nikodemus [(brachycarpum x aureum) x hybr.].
Pink flower buds open to white semi-double flowers. New leaves are greenish yellow, mature roundish elliptic leaves are olive green. The plant is very dense and low growing, reaches less than 50cm high and 1m wide in 10 years. Flowering period is early season. Frost resistance down to -26°C, probably more.
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Pernilla (Helsinki University x Blue Bell).
Pale purplish pink flower buds open to pure white flowers with large, light brown spot. The leaves are oblanceolate, large and dark green. Medium growth rate, reaches 1.2m high in 10 years. Flowering period is late season. Frost resistance down to -26°C or more.
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Ritva (Haaga x campanulatum).
Pink flower buds open to charming pale pink flowers. The leaves are elliptic and dark green. Dense habit and medium growth rate- reaches 1.4m high in 10 years. Flowering period is midseason. Frost resistance down to -30°C.
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