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The 2004 ARHS Seed Exchange is Closed
This exchange is open to members of the Atlantic Rhododendron & Horticultural Society until Feb. 28, 2004.
It will be open to anyone interested in the Seeds offered AFTER that
 
date until April30, 2004.
We will try to have updates on availability as appropriate. Please follow directions given below.
Seeds which are NO longer available will show the lot# and contributor in red  e.g. 019 WEA
You may contact us by email if you have queries.
  willowgarden_ns@hotmail.com
We have several late listings for our exchange....
lot #'s have been inserted at the bottom of the order form


Rhododendron Species ($2.50) all cw:  Jens Nielsen, Expedition seed, China
Germination for these Lepidote species is best rather soon after collecting but they have been properly stored.

   152   NEIL  capitatum - see description under ARS 2004 #607 - 8-10pkgs
                (607. R. capitatum. North west Sichuan 3900m.)
   153   NEIL  chamaeunum Prostratum Grp - 2002 - 5-6 pkgs
   154   NEIL   cuneatum  2002 - 6 packages
   155   NEIL   sp. Lapponica Subsection - see ARS 2004 #618 - 1 pkg
                  (618. sp. Lapponica, aff nivale boreale complex. Calyx 2 mm. West Sichuan 4300 m.)
   156   NEIL  rupicola 2002 - ~8 pkgs
   157   NEIL  zekoense -  - see under ARS 2004 #615 - 8-10 pkgs
                 [615. R. zekoense. South Qinghai 4100 m.7( Probably first introduction ever.)]
   158   NEIL  zheguense - see under ARS 2004 #617 - 8-10 pkgs
                 [617. R. zheguense, Lapponica. North west Sichuan 4100 m.8(Probably not in cultivation.)]

Companion Plant  ($1.50)
    151   NEIL  Meconopsis integrifolia  cw - Farrer's "Lampshade Poppy"   Order as # 151
James Cobb describes it as  "a magnificent yellow monocarpic species.... large oval hairy leaves that can be the most delicate pastel blues, pinks & golds as they emerge in Spring.... grows more raspidly from seed than any other species... and need pricking on in 2 to 3 weeks. They need potting on fast and can be planted out in a rich humid bed by mid-July. " Click here for cultural info  Best sown as fresh as possible.more info

Anyone who has already sent in their order may add these by email or telephone



ARHS 2004 SEED EXCHANGE

INSTRUCTIONS

Seed packets are $2.50 CDN each for collected wild, $2.00 CDN each for hand-pollinated and $1.50 CDN each for open-pollinated seed. One packet per lot per person. More may be ordered but are subject to availability. All orders must be on the form provided and should be received by February 28, 2004(society members) or by April 30, 2004( non-members)

Send all orders to: Sharon Bryson, #407 Old Maryvale Rd., RR#3 Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2L1 CANADA Please make your cheque or money order payable to ‘Atlantic Rhododendron & Horticultural Society’. Add $2.00 CDN for postage & padded envelope. Please list substitutes as quantities for some lots are small.
Anyone who wishes to sample the FREE seeds only , send the $2.00 for shipping.

Many of our members who utilize the seed exchange reside in the United States. US regulations require an import permit and a phytosanitary certificate. We are willing to post seed orders to you but unfortunately we are not able to provide the necessary documentation and can bear no responsibility should you not receive your seed. We welcome your input on how we may be able to better serve you in future years.

SEED LIST

DONORS: AND - Shirley & Allan Anderson, Franklin Lakes, NJ USA BIR - Jens Birck, Copenhagen, Denmark CHI - Min Chiang, Charlottetown, PEI CLY - Bruce Clyburn, New Waterford, NS COR - Wendy Cornwall, Halifax, NS DUF - Roslyn Duffus, Waverley, NS HAR - Joe Harvey, Victoria, BC HIN - Dave Hinton, Orono, ON HOP - Chris Hopgood, Halifax, NS HUI - Tijs Huisman, The Netherlands SHA - Ken Shannik, Halifax, NS SMI - Leo Smit, Mt.Uniacke, NS STV - Sheila Stevenson, Ferguson's Cove, NS WAL - Patricia Walton, New Jersey, USA WEA - John Weagle, Halifax, NS WEI - Barbara Weinz, W. Bath, Maine, USA WIL - Bill Wilgenhof, Antigonish, NS

Rhododendron Species – Collected Wild - $2.50
The following seed have been provided by our 2003 Steele Lecturer - Jens Birck.
The seed is from his 1996 expedition to Yunnan, China. It has been carefully stored, has been tested and is still viable!
 Many are rare species collected at high altitudes.

001 BIR aganniphum BH 015, cw Red Mountain,
NW Yunnan, 28.03.92 N, 99.52.52 E
002 BIR aganniphum BH 075 cw 4100m, East of
Beima Shan, NW Yunnan
28.17.76 N, 99.07.20 E
003 BIR balfourianum aff. BH 067, cw 4000m,
East of Beima Shan, NW Yunnan
28.17.76 N, 99.07.20 E
004 BIR iodes BH 068, cw 4100m, East of Beima
Shan, NW Yunnan
28.17.76 N, 99.07.20 E
005 BIR lacteum BH 150, cw 3700m, Chang
Shan, NW Yunnan
006 BIR phaeochrysum BH 016, cw 3900m. Red
Mountain, NW Yunnan
28.03.92 N, 99.52.52 E
007 BIR phaeochrysum BH 033, cw 4000m. Red
Mountain, NW Yunnan
28.03.92 N, 99.52.52 E
008 BIR proteoides BH 06, cw 4150m, East of
Beima Shan, 28.17.76 N, 99.07.20E *1 more
009 BIR roxieanum BH 073, cw 4100m, NW
Yunnan, 28.17.76 N, 99.07.20 E
(Note - with black mid-rib)
010 BIR roxieanum BH 077, cw 4100m, East of
Beima Shan, NW Yunnan
28.17.76 N, 99.07.20 E
011 BIR roxieanum aff. BH 070, cw East of
Beima Shan, NW Yunnan
28.17.76 N, 99.07.20 E
012 BIR wardii? BH 047, cw Napa Hai, NW
Yunnan, 27.56.03 N, 99.36.51 E


Rhododendron Species - Hand-Pollinated - $2.00

013 WEA aureum
014 WEA bakeri 'Sunlight' *1
015 WEA camtschaticum
016 BIR camtschaticum (Kaenehuset red flower
       form) - does not cross with other species
017 WIL canadense - fuschia (Native Rhodora)
       - OP but not likely to hyridize
018 HIN schlippenbachii *1
019 WEA vaseyi 'White Find' *1


Rhododendron Species - Open-Pollinated - $1.50

020 WEI bureavii, good form
021 HOP carolinianum - pink
022 WIL carolinianum - pink/white
023 SMI dauricum 'Madison Snow'
024 STV groenlandicum (Labrador Tea) (formerly
       Ledum groenlandicum) - probably selfed
025 SHA kiusianum RSF#79/152 - pale lilac with
       horizontal spreading habit - probably
       crossed w/ many other selections/hybrids
026 WIL kiusianum - pink
027 WIL mucronulatum - pink
028 WIL mucronulatum - white
029 SHA mucronulatum v. chejuensis - a twiggy
       dwarf variety - select smaller, rounded-
        leaf seedlings for true v. chejuensis -
        larger pointed-leaf sdlgs will be crossed
        with regular species
030 WIL mucronulatum ('Woodland Pink' x
        'Cornell Pink') seedling - pale pink
031 HAR pseudochrysanthum
032 WEI yakushimanum (selections) FREE

Rhododendron Hybrids - Hand-Pollinated -$2.00


033 AND
  'Arctic Gold' x ['Cameo' x ('OdeeWright' x 'Crest')]
         - Zone 6. *3
034 WEI bureavii x 'Strawberry Swirl'
035 WEI catawbiense - Dwarf Form x 'Chesterland'
036 HAR degronianum ssp.heptamerum 'Enamoto'
        x elengantulum
037
HAR degronianum ssp.heptamerum 'Enamoto'
        x fictolacteum
038 HAR degronianum ssp.heptamerum 'Enamoto'
       x pachysanthum
039 HAR degronianum ssp.heptamerum 'Enamoto'
       x pseudochrysanthum
040 HAR degronianum ssp.heptamerum 'Enamoto'
        x rothchildii
041 CLY (fortunei x 'Catalgla') sibbed
042 WEI 'Helen Everett' x 'Chesterland'
043 WEI hyperythrum x
        ('Holden' x yakushimanum)
044 AND  ('Janet Blair' x 'Fashion Plate' ) x
       [('Duet' x 'Maxicat' ) x 'Goldsworth Orange']

045 WAL 'Janet's Fantasy' x 'Fruhlingansfang' *4
046 WAL 'Janet's Fantasy' x 'Barbara Cook' *4
047 AND 'Lee’s Dark Purple' x 'Peter Alan'
048 WEI maximum - Dwarf Form x 'Summer Snow'
049 HAR pachysanthum x adenogynum
050 HAR pachysanthum x adenopodum
051 HAR pachysanthum x balforianum
052 HAR pachysanthum x elengantulum
053 HAR pachysanthum x fulvum
054 HAR pachysanthum x pseudochrysanthum
055 HAR pachysanthum x unknown blotched hybrid
056 WAL 'Pana' x 'Trilby'
057 AND 'Purpureum Crispum' x 'Peter Alan'
058 WAL 'Scintillation' x 'Lionel's Triumph'
059 WEI yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada' x 'Great Eastern'

060 AND [( 'Yellow Pippin' x 'Cat’s Pajamas') x('Janet Blair' x
       Yellow #1)] x {['Percy Wiseman' x (Yellow #1 x 'Jet
Set')]
        x 'Capistrano'} *5

Rhododendron Hybrids - Open-Pollinated - $1.50

061 SMI 'Cadis'
062 SMI 'Calsap'
063 SMI 'Connecticut Yankee'
064 SMI 'Madrid' ?
065 WEI 'Red River' - late blooming red
066 CHI 'Sandra Hinton' - super hardy plant, nearest
        rhodo is Calsap
067
WIL "Sproeten" - seedling#1 from ARS92-765
        ('Barbara Cook' x 'Janet Blair') - Frilled,
        pale pink with red freckles & throat, good foliage
068 WEI (yakushimanum x smirnowii) crosses -
        yak. forms - Ken Janeck, Mist Maiden, etc.)
069 WIL yellow seedlings from ARS92-608
        {[('Big Deal' x 'Donna Hargrove') x
         ('Golden Star' x 'Catalgla')] X wardii}-
         several quite good hardy true yellows,
slow to fade


Azalea Hybrids - Hand-Pollinated - $2.00

070 WEI 'Madame Jolie'  x 'Mary Del'
071 WEI 'Narcissiflorum' x 'Sylphides'


Azalea Hybrids - Open-Pollinated - $1.50

072 HUI Minch hybrids, fine orange flowers/bronze fall foliage
073 HUI Minch hybrids, double pink\orange\yellow flowers
074 HUI Minch hybrids, mixed white\yellow\pink-
      orange w/ fine bronze or yellow fall foliage
075 SMI 'July Jester' - late blooming red
076 WIL 'July Jester' - late blooming red
077 SMI 'Homebush' - pink, ball-shaped truss
078 WIL 'Homebush' - pink, ball-shaped truss
079 SMI 'Klondike Gold' ? - yellow with orange flare, fragrant
080 SMI 'Pink & Sweet'
081 HIN 'Pride's Pale Lilac' -
Probably the hardiest evergreen azalea,        likely crossed with other exceptionally hardy evergreen
       azaleas in the garden.

082 SHA 'Snowbird' - probably selfed
083 WIL deciduous, unnamed pale yellow, large flowers
084 WIL deciduous, unnamed scarlet, lg. flowers
085 WIL deciduous, unnamed white with yellow blotch
086 WIL deciduous mix FREE

Companion Plants - Open-Pollinated - $1.50

087 HAR Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' *6
088 HAR Acer palmatum 'Hogyoku' *6
089 HAR Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki' *6
090 HAR Acer palmatum 'Umegae' *6
091 HAR Acer palmatum 'VillaTaranto' *6
092 WIL Allium karataviense 'Ivory Queen' -
       handsome emerging foliage, large white
       flowers, 12-18"(.3-.45m) - Bulb
093 SHA Anemonopsis macrophylla - Choice
       woodlander - Perennial
094 SHA Anthericum liliago (St. Bernard's Lily) -
       white flowers, narrow grass-like foliage,
       charming & choice. 2'(.6m) - Perennial
095 SHA Aquilegia alpina - seems to come true,
       dk purple blue, persistant. 2' (.6m) - Per.
096 WIL Aquilegia 'Irish Elegance' - beautiful
        tall-white with green markings - Per.
097 WEA Arisaema consanguineum - Tender Bulb
098 WIL Buddleia davidii (Butterfly Bush) - best
       purple, easy from seed, blooms in its
       first year - Shrub
099 SHA Camassia quamash - dark blue - Bulb
100 SHA Cardiocrinum giganteum - white
flowers,
      very fragrant, lily relative: will need  winter protection,
       6' (1.8m). Zone 6 - cool summers - Bulb
101 WIL Catalpa ovata (Chinese catalpa) -
        creamy white flowers, blooms at young
        age, 35-40'(10.5-12.0m) – Tree (FREE)
102 WIL Catalpa speciosa (Northern Catalpa) -
       white & purple flowers in early July, to
       100'(30m) high. - Tree
103 STV Ceratotheca triloba (South African
       Foxglove) -white-pale mauve flowers,
       tall 3.5'(1.0m+) - Annual
104 HOP Cimicifuga racemosa 'Atropurpurea' (Black
       Snakeroot) Dark foliage and fragrant white
       flowers in late summer. 5'(1.5m) - Perennial
105 SHA Clematis integrifolia - from a seedling with
       lovely soft blue flowers, a herbaceous
sprawler - Perennial
106 WIL Clematis orientalis - yellow, late blooming,
        sprawling herbaceous vine - Perennia
107 WIL Clematis recta 'Purpurea' - Purple foliage
        white flowers, herbaceous - Perennial
108 WIL Clethra alnifolia (Summersweet) - from
        pink cultivar - possibly 'Ruby Spice',
        compact and late blooming - Shrub
109 SHA Deinanthe bifida - white, 18"(.45m), part
       shade - Perennial
110 SHA Deinanthe caerulea - blue, 18"(.45m), part
       shade - Perennial
111 SHA Diphylleia cymosa (Umbrella Leaf) - large,
        bold foliage, white flowers, blue berries
       - Perennial
112 WEI Enkianthus campanulatus - Compact Form -
        red fall foliage, to 4'(1.2m) high and wide
- Shrub *7
113 SHA Enkianthus campanulatus - Shrub *7
114 WEA Enkianthus campanulatus v. sikkokianius -
        dark red, bell-shaped flowers, incredible red
        fall colour - Shrub *7
115 WIL Eryngium agavafolium - exotic spiky
      foliage, flowers insignificant, 2-3'(.6-.9m),
      may need winter protection but much
      hardier than references state. - Perennial
116 WEA Euonymus sachalinensis - deciduous species
       with showy scarlet fruit. - Shrub *1
117 WIL Filipendula purpurea (Queen of the Prairie)
      - pink cultivar, 3-4'(.9-1.2m) - Perennial

 Companion Plants (cont'd)

118
WEA Hippeastrum elwesii - A charming and diminutive Amaryllis -       Creamy flowers with green, peach, pink or yellow tones -
         Tender Bulb
119 SHA Iris foetidissima - an evergreen species
        grown for its showy orange seeds which
        persist into winter, part shade - Perennial
120 WEA Hydrangea aspera KR#7530 - collected wild
        Yunnan, Bang Dang & Lincang Daxue shan
        2150m - Shrub *1 *9
121 WEA Hydrangea aspera KR#7691 - collected wild
       - Shrub *1*9
122 WEA Hydrangea heteromalla KR#7582 - collected
        wild seed - Shrub *1 *9
123 WEA Hydrangea heteromalla KR#7629 -
        collected wild seed - Shrub *1 *9
124 WIL Leucothoe fontanesiana (Drooping Leucothoe)
        - handsome  evergreen spreading shrub, good winter color *7
125 HOP Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
       Spikes of crimson red flowers. Great for naturalizing in damp
to         wet, 3'+(.9m+)   - Perennial
126 WEA Lonicera cf giraldii KR7633 - collected
        wild Yunnan, Caojian district c.2500m 
- Shrub *9
127 WIL Lychnis arkwrightii - scarlet flowers,
        reddish leaves, 8-10"(.2-.25m) - Per.
128 WIL Magnolia x loebneri, ‘Leonard Messell’
      - pink - Tree *1 *8
129 WEA Magnolia x loebneri 'Spring Snow' -
       white, smaller than most loebneris
      - probably selfed - Tree *8
130 WEA Magnolia sieboldii - ex cw Korea
        Seedling - excellent form with large
outfacing flowers,
        very vigorous, upright, probably selfed -Tree *8
131 SHA Menziesia ciliicalyx - dwarf form  - Shrub *7
132 SHA Menziesia (ciliicalyx - dwarf form x
        ferruginea - blue foliage) - Shrub *7
133 SHA Menziesia 'Spring Morn' - Shrub *7
134 SHA Menziesia species/hybrids mixed *7
135 WEI Nicotiana - white, dwarf - Annual
136 SMI Paeonia anomola - Perennial
137 SMI Paeonia veitchii - Perennial
138 SHA Peltoboykinia (Boykinia) tellimoides -
       shade perennial in the Saxifraga family -
        greenish flowers,
beautiful foliage - Per.
139 STV Persicaria polymorpha - large sculptural perennial, creamy  blooms, to 4'x4'(1.2m) - originally from Stefan Mattson *1
140 WIL Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diablo'
        (Ninebark) - deep maroon foliage, 
3'(.9m) + - Shrub
141 COR Pieris japonica - Shrub *7
142 WIL Polemonium pauciflorum (Yellow Jacob's Ladder) -
       
yellow tubular flowers, fern-like foliage, 12-18"(.3-.45m),
        may act as self-seeding annual
143 HOP Primula florindae & hybrids - Per. *1
144 SHA Saxifraga fortunei v. incisilobata - Per.
145 DUF Scabiosa species - pink-violet, 12"(.3m),
        long bloom period if dead-headed - Per.
146 SHA Smilacina racemosa - woodland plant
       with arching stems and fluffy white
       flowers followerd by reddish berries, 
3'(.9m) - Perennial
147 WEA Zanthoxylum bungeanum - KR#7583
       collected wild Yunnan, Changnang district 
c.2600m - Tree *1 *9
The following were late additions   
148   HAR    Acer japonicum vitifolium- Grapeleaf Full Moon Maple
              20-30 Ft.  Tree *6
149   HAR    Acer buerganium- Trident Maple ~20Ft. Tree *6
150    WIL     Clematis stans - Blue, late blooming Herbaceous, ~3Ft.
151    NIEL    Meconopsis integrifolia  cw - Farrer's "Lampshade   
                  Poppy" 

FOOTNOTES

*1. Very limited quantity - please list substitutes.

*2. R. proteoides - A very rare, very choice and very expensive species. Dwarf with small leaves
     which have buff to golden tomentum and red-brown indumentum -23°C. Not the easiest to
     grow but well worth the effort.

*3. 'Arctic Gold' = white catawbiense hybrid x yellow centered catawbiense hybrid, hardy to-20°F/-29°C.

*4. 'Janet’s Fantasy' = 'Janet Blair'(-26°C) x  'Apricot Fantasy'(-21°C) / 'Fruhlingansfang' =
      ('Albert Schweitzer' x yakushimanum) (-32°C)

*5. Yellow #1= [(wardii x hemsleyanum) x 'Autumn Gold']

*6. Cultural information regarding Japanese Maples will be provided

*7. An Ericaceous shrub - sow as per  rhododendrons

*8. Magnolia seed has been partially stratified.  Store in plastic packet in fridge until
      March/April then sow in warm soil.

*9 KR# collected wild seed are from a Keith  Rushforth Chinese Expedition.

NOTES

1. Open-pollinated species, with the exception of a very few, may not come true from seed. Cultivars, with the exception of a few perennials do not come true. Plants from these seeds should not be labelled as being that species or cultivar. Be sure that you label the plants as being ‘OP’ in the case of species and ‘ex’ in the case of cultivars.

2. See the RSCAR Members’ Handbook for an article on growing rhododendrons from seed. The article can also be found on our website.

3. When sowing rhododendrons on peat we recommend you sterilize it first. Microwave it for 15 minutes or pour boiling water through it several times and allow to cool.

4. We would like to thank the seed donors for their time and effort making crosses, collecting and cleaning seeds. We would also like our membership to take note of the types of seeds donated this year. We highly encourage members to attempt their own hybridization of rhododendrons. Seed of uncommon trees, shrubs and perennials is always most welcome.

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