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14-MAY-2005 Bob Stelloh

'Weldy'

Kehr Memorial Garden, Flat Rock NC

'Weldy' (ARS 931): Elepidote rhododendron. (('Pygmalion' x haematodes) x yakushimanum, Exbury form). H(1973): Dr August E Kehr, Hendersonville NC (ARS Seed Exchange 73-509); G, I, and REG(1992): Weldon E Delp; N: Ginny Delp, Harrisville PA. Openly funnel-shaped flowers with 7 frilly-edged lobes are 2.75" across x 2" long; deep and strong red (53A-C) in bud, opening light and pale purplish pink (55C,D; 56A-D) fading to lighter than pale purplish pink (56D) and yellowish white (158D). The truss of 24 flowers is 5.25" wide and there is no calyx. Leaves are mucronate (apex) and cuneate (base), 2.75" long x 1" wide, with slightly woolly, white indumentum. The shrub is 5' high x 5' wide 19 years from seed, and blooms early June.

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