Rhododendrons
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'Rhody Romance'
2006 ARS / ASA Convention Plant Sale

Delp Rhododendrons

Weldon Delp was a prolific hybridizer in Western Pennsylvania who produced a large number of excellent hybrids. We offer but a few of his many excellent selections.

Rhododendrons - Alphabetical Listing

Delp Rhododendron Hybrids - Elepidote

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'Body Language'
Flowers with very wavy-edged lobes, deep purplish pink, moderate purplish pink, and very pale purple, with white flare and brilliant yellow green spotting.

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'Bold and Breezy'
Flowers vivid purplish red, deep purplish pink, and pale purplish pink, spotting strong greenish yellow.

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'Bonus Deal'
Flowers 14 in truss, 5 wavy-edged lobes, white with dark red spotting.

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'Can't Lose'
Flowers 8 in truss, 5 lobed, light to very pale purple, small strong purplish red marking in throat, spotting on upper lobes strong purplish red.
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'Captain Jack' x yak #1
Flowers deep pink fading eventaully to light pink in loose truss. Prominent red pistil.

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'Chatterbee'
Flowers 14 in truss, 5-lobed, blend of strong purple and light purple, very pale purple flare and dark red spotting.

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'Common Bond'
Lavender pink flowers with green blotch

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'Crispy'
Flowers 18 in truss, 5 wavy-edged lobes, very pale purple edged heavily with strong reddish purple and deep purplish pink, spotting deep red.

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'Dandylicious'
Flowers white edged with vivid purplish red, light greenish yellow flare and strong yellow green spotting.

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'Delp's Bountiful' (syn. 'Bountiful')
Flowers with very wavy-edged lobes, white, vivid purplish red, and deep purplish pink, throat strong yellow green.

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'Delp's Crimson Tide'
Flowers with very wavy-edged lobes, deep and strong red, spotting dark red.

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'Delp's Fireball' (syn. Fireball)
Flowers cardinal red.

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'Delp's Neato'
Flowers pale yellowish pink and moderate yellowish pink, throat brilliant greenish yellow, flare pale yellow, spotting dark red.

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'Delp's Perfection' (syn. Perfecta)
Flowers hose-in-hose with very wavy-edged lobes, white with strong and light yellow green in throat, spotting light olive.

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'Delp's Quest'
Flowers 12 in truss, 5-lobed with petaloids, pale yellow with strong orange spotting.

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'Delp's Stardust'(syn. 'Stardust')
Flowers pale greenish yellow, with light greenish yellow throat and moderate orange spotting.

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'Sunsheen' (syn. 'Delp's Sunsheen')
Flowers 12 in lax domed truss, 6 flat-edged lobes, light yellow and pale greenish yellow , with strong reddish orange spotting.

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'Face Value'
Flowers brilliant and light greenish yellow, edged light pink, spotting brownish orange.

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'Flashback'
Flowers white, edged strong, moderate, and light purple, spotting moderate violet.

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'Ghost'
Flowers 16 in truss, 5-lobed, white with strong yellow green spotting; lvs with tan, wooly indumentum.

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'Gosh Darn'
Flowers 18 in truss, 6-lobed, pale orange yellow shading to pale yellowish pink.

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'Hot Hands'
Flowers 10 in truss, 5-lobed, strong to vivid red, spotting dark red; lvs with tan, slightly woolly indumentum.

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'Hypecat'
Flowers 10 in truss, 5-lobed, strong to vivid red, spotting dark red; lvs with tan, slightly woolly indumentum.

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'Hypermax'
Flowers white with red spotting in the throat.

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'Magic Mood'
Flowers 9 in truss, 6-7 very wavy edged lobes. Color pink in bud opening to light greenish yellow and pale yellow, with strong red freckling on all lobes and in throat.

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'Mae's Delight'
Pale pink.

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'Mary Bean'
Flowers 12 in truss, 5-lobed, white with red throat; lvs with plastered brown indumentum.

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'Mary Cowan' x 'Avalanche'
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'Mauve Plush'
Flowers strong reddish purple and deep purplish pink, with moderate orange spotting.

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'Midsummer' x 'Red Max'
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'Mikey'
Flowers very pale purple, light purple, and strong purple, with deep purplish red flare and spotting.

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'Mildred Cross' (syn. Aunt Mildred)
Flowers 17 in truss, 5 wavy-edged lobes, light purple edged vivid to strong reddish purple, white flare, spotting moderate olive green and moderate yellow green.

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'Oh My!' x (maximum x 'Golden Witt')
Pale pink.

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'Opalesence'
Light yellow.

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'Reckless'
(Ring-Delp) - Flowers with very wavy-edged lobes, white, edged strong purplish red, with brilliant greenish yellow flare and light greenish yellow spotting.

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'Rhodsoc'
Flowers white and strong purplish red with deep red spotting.

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'Rhodworks'
Flowers 20 in truss, pale purplish pink, edged vivid purplish red.

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'Rhody Romance'
Flowers with very wavy-edged lobes, white with pale greenish yellow throat and pale yellow spotting.

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'Royal Jelly'
Flowers vivid and strong reddish purple, with light greenish yellow flare and moderate yellow green spotting.
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'Ruffled Ridge'
Flowers with very wavy-edged lobes, vivid and strong reddish purple, light purple, and moderate purplish pink.

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'Sister of Tano'
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'Spotmagic'
Flowers very pale purple, edged vivid and strong reddish purple, with dark red spotting.

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'Surething'
Flowers pale yellow green, edged strong purplish red, with brilliant greenish yellow spotting. (Raised by Delp from a cutting obtained from George Ring; hardier than 'Mary Belle'.)

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'Turbulence'
Flowers white, edged vivid purplish red.

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'Virginia Delp' (Al Smith hybrid - Not really a Delp)
Flowers 15 in tall conical truss, 5 wavy- to very wavy-edged lobes, light purple at margins shading to very pale purple in center, large speckled blotch of moderate yellow.

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'Wheeler Dealer' (Michener-Delp)
Flowers very pale purple and white, with deep purplish red and dark red spotting.)

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'Windflower'
Flowers 12 in ball truss, 5 flat-edged lobes, white with brilliant yellow ggreen spotting; lvs brown hairy below.

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'Winning One'
Flowers 12 in truss, 5-lobed, pale yellowish pink with light greenish yellow throat.

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'Whoopie'
Flowers with very wavy-edged lobes, deep, moderate and pale purplish pink, with white throat, deep purplish red flare and spotting.

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Delp Rhododendron Hybrids - Lepidote

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'Microtones'
Flowers 5 in head (from several buds), 5-lobed, blend of light to very pale purple and deep purplish pink.
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'Pipsqueak'
Flowers 8 in truss, 5-lobed, light to very pale purple, spotting light greenish yellow.

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'Purple Pearl'
Flowers light pale purple.

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'Sassy Lassie'
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'Sharp Impressions'
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'Shorty'
Flowers 6 in truss (from multiple buds), 5 wavy-edged lobes, light purple with strong reddish purple throat and moderate reddish orange spotting.

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'Tickley'
Flowers 6 in truss, 5-lobed, light purple.
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Tet carolinianum
Tetraploid form of R. carolinianum, different from 'Epoch'.
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