American Rhododendron Society Web Site ARS
navigation menu background

Rhododendron of the Year Plant Awards: 2022


North West USA and Canada Region

R. 'Chemainus'

Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Chemainus'

Flower opens inside deep purplish pink with deep red spots on upper lobe becoming solid near throat; outside deep pink, color fades with age, funnel-campanulate, wavy-edges, 3" across.  Dome-shaped truss holds 18 flowers.  Blooms early season.  Leaves elliptic, broadly acute apex, rounded base, 6" long, glossy, dark bluish green, retained 3 years.  Orange bronze indumentum on underside of leaves and slight silvery tomentum above.  Dense growth habit.  Grows to a height of 4 ft. in 10 years.  Plant is hardy to at least 10°F (-12°C), buds to 5°F (-15°C).  Hybridized by Fujioka.

 
R. 'Wren'

Lepidote Rhododendron: 'Wren'

Flower pale yellow, unmarked, openly funnel-shaped.  When in bloom flowers almost completely cover the plant.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves elliptic, about ¾" long, leathery, re-curved, glossy, dark green.  Bronze colored in winter.  Prostrate, mounding plant habit.  Height: slow-growing, typically 2 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to 0°F (-18°C).  Earned the RHS Award of Merit in 2013.  Hybridized by Cox.

 
R. 'Frosted Orange'

Evergreen Azalea: 'Frosted Orange'

Flower white with strong reddish orange edges, funnel-shaped, single, 3" across.  Blooms late midseason.  Leaves narrowly ovate, leathery, dark green.  Mounding plant habit.  Grows to a typical height of 3 ft. in 10 years.  Hardy to -5°F (-21°C).  Hybridized by Harris.

 
R. 'Chetco'

Deciduous Azalea: 'Chetco'

Flower vivid yellow with an vivid orange yellow blotch, reverse of tube strong reddish orange, 3½" across, widely funnel-shaped.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves elliptic, medium green, deciduous.  Upright plant habit.  Grows to a height of about 5 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Hybridized by Slonecker.

Photos (top to bottom) by Frank Fujioka, Ken Cox, Tijs Huisman, Tijs Huisman.

Prior Years Selections for North West USA Region

2024

2023

 

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004


American Rhododendron Society
P.O. Box 43, Craryville, NY 12521
Ph: 631-533-0375   E-Mail: member@arsoffice.org
©1998-2024, ARS, All rights reserved.