SJG bloom 2011: May, p. 2: Rhododendrons & Azaleas

• Rhododendron 'Altaclerense':

SJG 5/20/11 • Rhododendron 'Altaclerense', azalea, corolla yellow - this
photo 10 days after after the buds below; Area F, on the shortcut

SJG 5/26/11 • Rhododendron 'Altaclerense', azalea - this photo
16 days after the buds below; Area F

SJG 5/10/11 • Rhododendron 'Altaclerense', azalea, corolla yellow
close-up (orange buds) - Area F, on the shortcut

• Rhododendron Sanderi Mars:

SJG 5/10/11 • Rhododendron Sanderi Mars; Azalea - corolla carmine-pink, hose-in-hose,
Area F (west side of the E path, close to the shortcut, flower-in-the-flower)

About hose-in hose concept (for a different flower, primula, but the same idea):
Originally, this flower variant was given the name Hose-in-Hose because the form of the flower is reminiscent of the way some Elizabethan gentlemen used to wear their stockings, one inside the other with the outer stocking turned down. The origin of the name gives us an idea of the antiquity of this type of Primula and in fact John Gerard makes the first recorded mention of a Hose-in-Hose flower, in his 1597 herbal. Parkinson also mentions the variant and illustrates it in his 'Paradisi in Sole' in 1629.
- Described by Simon Crawford of Heronswood Nursery website about the hose in hose form of a Primula.

• Rhododendron kaempferi:

SJG 5/10/11 • Rhododendron kaempferi: Azalea - corolla salmon pink, 4 of them in area F, one by shortcut

SJG 5/10/11 • Rhododendron kaempferi: Azalea - close-up, area F

• Rhododendron schlippenbachii:

SJG 5/13/11 • Rhododendron schlippenbachii, royal azaleas (flowers already spent, we caught the last ones on 5/10 - below) in area H, West side of the East path next to saucer magnolia; past shortcuts

SJG 5/10/11 • Rhododendron schlippenbachii; Royal azalea., corolla white, area H (missing from the book)

SJG 5/10/11 • Rhododendron schlippenbachii; Royal azalea., corolla pink, area H (missing from the book)

• Magnolia x soulangeana:

SJG 5/10/11 • Magnolia x soulangeana; saucer magnolia close-up. area H, near royal azaleas, West side of the east path

• Rhododendrons pulchrum:

SJG 5/10/11 • Rhododendron pulchrum, azalea; corolla pink, area I - it's just another view of the group below ('Sylvester' and pulchrum)

SJG 5/10/11 • Rhododendron pulchrum, azalea; corolla pink, area I

• Rhododendron 'Moonbeam':

SJG 5/10/11 • Rhododendron 'Moonbeam', Azalea - corolla white, only in buds, area I, along E side of the E path

• Rhododendrons 'Sylvester' and pulchrum:

SJG 5/10/11 • Rhododendrons: 'Sylvester ' corolla vivid pink (small, past Kathy), pulchrum corolla pink and pulchrum corolla carmine-pink - area I, E side of the E path, before E gate