STAR°QUALITY ¥@ CONTAINER GROWN 
RHODODENDRON 
Programmed plant production brings you: 
> All Rhododendron with flower buds. 
* All in 3-gallon Polytainer Pots, except dwarf variety 
(Purple Gem is in 2-gal. Polytainer Pot). 
% All cuttings from special stock plants, none from the 
plants you buy. 
% All culture programmed so nothing happens by acci- 
dent, little by chance. 
% All Star Quality plants for profits. 
A plant of Rhododendron Scintillation in our West Grove 
specimen garden of varieties under production and evaluation. 
RHODODENDRON 
—Boule de Neige. A hardy, vigorous 
grower with pure white blooms on com- 
pact rounded trusses. A low grower that 
blooms in early May. (Zone 4) 
—Catawbiense Album. A hybrid white. 
Very hardy. Blooms late May. Vigorous 
growth habit and abundant bloomer. 
(Zone 4) 
—Chionoides. A very good low dense 
white hybrid. Seldom over 4 feet. Pro- 
duces ivory-white blooms on cone-shaped 
trusses in mid to late May. (Zone 5) 
—County of York. A vigorous, tall 
grower with satiny clear white blooms and 
long, dark green leaves. An excellent back- 
ground plant. Blooms early May. (Zone 4) 
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Good soil drainage. 
Full sun or shade. 
container. 
Do not feed the first year. 
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Tips for customer success with Star Rhododendron: 
Loose, porous soil mixture of half peat moss. 
Planting hole 2 feet across and 18 inches deep. 
Plant at eractly the same depth as when growing in the 
Keep well watered the first summer. 
Our poly huts provide winter protection to our container grown 
plants and assure healthy, saleable stock for your Spring needs. 
—Nova Zembla. Rapidly becoming the 
most-in-demand hardy red. Large and 
numerous trusses of red, slightly darker 
than America. Deep glossy green foliage. 
Very vigorous, reaching 10 feet in five 
years. Blooms mid-May. (Zone 4) 
—Purple Gem. Small trusses of light 
purple flowers enhance this truly dwarf 
Rhododendron that blooms in mid-April. 
(Zone 5) 
—Roseum Elegans. Lilac-rose blooms 
open on large trusses in mid-May. Cer- 
tainly one of the most vigorous and popu- 
lar. Grows in excess of 6 feet. (Zone 4) 
—Roseum Pink. Clear pink. Perhaps the 
most hardy and outstanding broadleaf 
evergreen. A specimen will attain a height 
of 8 feet. Blooms mid to late May. 
(Zone 4) 
—Scintillation. A luminous pink with 
tones of gold. Very strong plant with dark 
green foliage. Hardiest of the Dexter hy- 
brids. (Zone 6) 
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8-10” 
10-12” 3.60 
12-152 4.10 
1ZS15¢ 4.80 
15-18” 5.70 
18=240 6.70 
21-24” 7.70 
24-30” = 
W2SV5u 4.80 
15-18” 5.70 
1B=21% 6.70 
21-24” 7.70 
24-30” = 
LO=N27 5.70 
IGS 6.70 
15-18” 7.70 
These varieties have proved the best by test to date. We are currently 
testing and evaluating many other kinds and plan to introduce those 
that meet our requirements to be classed as Star Quality. 
Spectacular Rhododendrons are super sellers 
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