10 TEN OAKS NURSERY AND GARDENS 
PIRATE. Erect to finally overarching habit to 6 ft. 
Leaves small, dark green. Flowers usually 2 to 
3 in a head, 1% to 2 inches across, irregularly 
hose-in-hose, a little lighter than scarlet red, with 
very heavy blotch of nopal red on upper lobe spread- 
ing over adjoining two lobes. Late April, early May. 
1949 Release. 
4 to 6 inch, .90 
POLAR SEA. Bush habit rather broad spreading, but 
probably not over 3 feet. Leaves dark green. Flowers 
1 to 3 in head, 8 inches across, frilled white, char- 
treuse blotch, corolla very flat. Mid-May. 1951 Re- 
lease. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
PROGRESS. Bush habit very dense and twiggy, 
but slowly building up to 4 ft. Leaves medium 
green. Flowers 1 to 38 in a _ head, 2 inches 
across, mallow purple darkening to rhodamine pur- 
ple. Some variation toward white at centers. Sta- 
mens far exserted. Early to mid-May. 1949 Re- 
lease. 
6 to 8 inch, 1.25 
10 to 12 inch, 2.25 
12 to 15 inch, 3.00 
PROSPERITY. Dense, rounded top bushes to 5 ft. 
Leaves medium to dark green. Flowers 1 to 3 ina 
head, freely produced 2% to 3 inches across, a 
clear lavender pink, sometimes showing a white star 
at base. Early May. 1950 Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
PUNCHINELLO. Bush habit rather broad spreading, 
but probably not over 4 ft. Leaves dark green. 
Flowers “1 °to 3e@an" a0 heady? 34 to13% “inches 
across, frilled, white sanded Rosolane Purple, blotch 
green. Mid-May. 1950 Release. 
6 to 8 inch, 1.25 
RANGER. Bush erect rather than spreading, possibly 
to 5 feet. Leaves small, moderately dark green. 
Flowers 1 to 3 in head, 2 to 2% inches across, double 
white with a little suggestion of chartreuse. Late 
April, early May. 1949 Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
REFULGENCE. As compared to most, rather dwarf, 
twiggy habit, with heavy, dark green, “macrantha” 
type foilage. Flowers 1 to 2 in head, 1% to 
1% inches across, rose color (brighter in effect) with 
blotch of tyrian rose that appears like deep shading 
in corolla, faint yellow tinge at base of corolla. Mid- 
to late April. 1951 Release. 
6 to 8 inch 1.25 
RISING SUN. Rose red color. Description later. 
8 to 10 inch, 1.75 
ROBINHOOD. Vigorous, rather upright growth to 
5 ft., leaves only semi-evergreen in this climate. 
Flowers in mid to late April. Usually 2 to 8 
in a head, 3% to 4 inches across. Deep rose red 
color (Ridgeways Tyrian Purple) with heavy dot- 
ting of rather small points to make the upper lobe. 
Pistil and filaments are scarlet. 1948 Release. 
12 to 15 inch, 3.00 
15 to 18 inch, 4.00 
Protect small plants from wind and sun. 
ROSALIE. Spreading habit to 4 ft. Leaves dark 
green. Flowers usually 1 to 2 in a head, freely 
produced, 3 inches across, broad lobe. Alizarin pink 
washed over with rose doree, blotch of shaped dots 
of Tyrian rose. Much more brilliant than terms sug- 
gest. Mid to late May. 1949 Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
ROSE ASH. Erect to spreading habit, rather open 
while young, to 4 ft. Narrow dark green foliage. Flow- 
ers usually 2 to 3 in a head, 2% to 38 inches across. 
Geranium pink passing almost to rose doree. Num- 
erous dots of rose red make up the not very con- 
spicuous blotch. Occasional extra lobe in corolla. 
Late May, early June. 1949 Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
ROSETTE. Vigorous, rather upright growing bush 
to 4 ft. Leaves a little more than semi-evergreen 
in this climate. Flowers large, usually 1 to 3 
in a head, 3% to 4 inches across, double, some- 
times only semi-double. In the latter case, the sta- 
mens bear bits of petoloid tissue. Color: violet red. 
(Ridgeways light roselane purple) with a blotch on 
the upper lobe almost scarlet in color but not showy 
as the dots are small. Mid April. 1948 Release. 
as the dots are small. Mid April. 1948 Release. 
2 to 4 inch, .50 
12 to 15 inch, 3.00 
15 to 18 inch, 4.00 
ROUNDELAY. Bush habit tends to be low, broad 
spreading, up to 3 ft. Leaves dark green. Flowers 
2 to 3 in a head, 2% to 3 inches across, pure white 
with few stripes of Phlox purple. Late May. 1950 
Release. 
8 to 10 inch, 1.75 
SAFRANO. Bush habit rather broad-open-spreading, 
but probably not much over 5 feet. Leaves medium 
green. Flowers 1 to 3 in head, 3% inches across, 
pure white with little touch of chartreuse on upper 
lobe. Mid-May. 1950 Release. 
6 to 8 inch, 1.25 
SAGITTARIUS. Broad spreading growth, dense and 
well branched, but probably not over 2 ft. Leaves 
very dark green, almost as fine as on boxwood. 
Flowers usually 1 to 2 in a head, freely produced, 3 
inches or more across with broad lobes and slightly 
waved margins. Fine pink with salmon undertone 
and white at base of tube, more brilliant than is sug- 
gested by the Ridgeway color that lies between La 
France pink and geranium pink. Dots in blotch very 
distinct. Tyrian rose. Late May, early June. 1949 
Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
SAMITE. Vigorous, upright, rather open habit to 
7 feet. Leaves medium green. Flowers usually 2 
to 4 in head, but heads often clustered. Flowers 
2 inches across, irregularly hose-in-hose, pure white. 
Early April before most whites. 1940 Release. 
6 to 8 inch 1.25 
We have seen nothing better than Glenn Dale Azaleas. 
