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Seed Exchange Lots for 2026


h.p.  - Hand pollinated seeds.
c.p.  - Controlled pollination. (Stigma covered after pollination)
o.p.  - Open pollination.
c.w. - Collected in the wild.
com. - Companion plants.

Lots marked with strikethrough are "sold out".

Chris Trautmann, Oregon USA
26-001      h.p.   Cold Steel1 X Mallotum
26-002      h.p.   (Golden Horseshoe x macabeanum) X Laramie
26-003      h.p.   montroseanum x Mallotum
26-004      h.p.   Sir George Martin2 X macabeanum 'Bones'
   1 Cold Steel = macabeanum X Laramie
   2 Sir George Martin = Killer Diller x Avery (Chris Trautmann Cross)

Patricia Swift, Oregon, USA
26-005      c.w.   macrophyllum

Frederick Thurber, Massachusetts USA
26-006      h.p.   Alena X serotinum, RSF 99/120
26-007      h.p.   auriculatum, RSF 1458 X glanduliferum, RSF 07/329
26-008      h.p.   auriculatum, RSF 1458 X maeorense, RSF 13/32
26-009      h.p.   Beauty of Halesite X glanduliferum, RSF 99/671
26-010      h.p.   Bob Furman's Big Yellow X strigillosum, RSF 82/125
26-011      h.p.   Cheryl's Choice X auriculatum (pink), RSF 81/025
26-012      h.p.   Cheryl's Choice X Dexter's Peppermint
26-013      h.p.   Cocheco Sweet Perfume X glanduliferum, RSF 98/578
26-014      h.p.   Dexter's Honeydew X Dexter's Spice
26-015      h.p.   Dexter's Peppermint X auriculatum (pink), RSF 81/025
26-016      h.p.   Dexter's Peppermint X Dexter's Spice
26-017      h.p.   Dexter's Peppermint X glanduliferum (pink), RSF 98/671
26-018      o.p.   fortunei, RSF 29421
26-019      h.p.   fortunei, RSF 2942 X glanduliferum, RSF 98/578
26-020      c.w.   maximum  Note: Manchester Cedar Swamp Preserve, New Hampshire
26-021      h.p.   maximum 'Red Picotee' X protistum, RSF 00/192
26-022      h.p.   maximum 'Red Picotee' selfed
26-023      h.p.   Roseum Elegans X Purple Splendor
26-024      h.p.   Roseum Elegans X serotinum, RSF 99/120
26-025      h.p.   Thea Ann X glanduliferum, RSF 07/329
26-026      h.p.   Thea Ann X glanduliferum RSF 98/578
26-027      h.p.   Thea Ann X Dexter's Spice
   1 Next to various Cowles hybrids such as Pastel Perfume, Apricot Gameo Kobuki, etc.

Mike McCullough, California, USA
26-028      c.w.   occidentale, Big Basin Redwoods State Park
26-029      c.w.   occidentale, San Francisco Botanical Garden

David Cain, Maine USA
26-030      h.p.   Barbara Mederios X Goldprinz
26-031      h.p.   Barbara Mederios X Hardgrove's Deepest Yellow
26-032      h.p.   [(brachycarpum x Roseum Elegans) x yuefengense] X Dark Lord
26-033      h.p.   [(brachycarpum x Roseum Elegans) x yuefengense] X Mark's Purple
26-034      h.p.   Hardgrove's Deepest Yellow X Goldprinz
26-035      o.p.   Larraine  Note: cold hardy yellow
26-036      h.p.   (maximum 'Red Picotee' x calophytum) X macabeanum hyrbid
26-037      h.p.   Scintillation X (yuefengense x Sally Fuller)
26-038      h.p.   The General X (yuefengense x Sally Fuller)
26-039      o.p.   Vinecrest
26-040      h.p.   Wheatley X Firestorm
26-041      h.p.   Wheatley x macabeanum hybrid
26-042      o.p.   yellow Hardgrove type seedling DC 25-108
26-043      o.p.   yellow Hardgrove type seedling DC 25-116
26-044      h.p.   (yuefengense x Sally Fuller) X Hardgrove's Deepest Yellow

Jack Looye, Nova Scotia, Canada
26-045      h.p.   (Abe Arnot x Calsap) X sibling
26-046      h.p.   Blue's Music1 X Shocking Blue2
26-047      h.p.   Blue Spectacle X Blue Moon3
26-048      h.p.   Hachmann's Charmant X Elegant Candy
26-049      h.p.   {(Joan Newsome x Casanova) x [Golden Horseshoes x (Sandra Hinton x Casanova)]} X Helen Vieira
26-050      h.p.   smirnowii X (Neon x Casanova)  Note: The smirnowii is a petaloid.
26-051      h.p.   (unknown hardy orange x Golden Horseshoes #1) X (unknown hardy 0range x Golden Horseshoes #2)
26-052      h.p.   Whitney's Red X [(brachycarpum roseum X didimum) X Anna Delp]
   1 Blue's Music = (tetraploid carolinianum x Blue Diamond) X Starry Night
   2 Shocking Blue = (tetraploid carolinianum x fastigiatum F2) X Crater Lake
   3 Sibling cross of [(tetraploid Carolinianum x Blue Diamond) x Starry Night)] X Blue Baron

Peter Norris, Massachusetts USA
26-053      h.p.   America X (yuefengense x fortunei)  Note: Compact with great foliage.
26-054      h.p.   Apricot Fantasy X Wheatley
26-055      h.p.   Belva's Joy X Shortcut1
26-056      h.p.   Ben Moseley X Shortcut1  Note: Dark blotch with great foliage.
26-057      o.p.   Bob Furman's Big Yellow
26-058      h.p.   [(catawbiense x wardii) x vernicosum] X Trilby  Note: multicolor yellow and red
26-059      h.p.   Extraordinaire (Greer) X Loderi Venus  Note: Large interesting trusses.
26-060      o.p.   faithiae  Note: Isolated and very late, so pure.
26-061      h.p.   Furnival's Daughter X Shortcut1
26-062      h.p.   Hachmann's Charmant X Shortcut1  Note: more compact with blotch, great foliage.
26-063      h.p.   Helen Everitt X (yuefengense x fortunei)  Note: possibly fragrant
26-064      h.p.   Henry's Red X Shortcut1  Note: Red with great foliage.
26-065      h.p.   Horizon Lakeside X vernicosum, Rock
26-066      h.p.   Jean Marie de Montague X HP260-672
26-067      h.p.   Loderi Venus X Sally Fuller
26-068      h.p.   Loderi Venus X vernicosum  Note: Large, multicolored trusses.
26-069      h.p.   Mary Guthlein X vernicosum, Rock  Note: Multicolor yellow and salmon.
26-070      h.p.   Mary Belle X Shortcut1  Note: Multicolor with great foliage.
26-071      h.p.   Mrs. W. R. Coe X (yuefengense x fortunei)  Note: Compact, blotch, and great foliage.
26-072      h.p.   Olin Dobbs X (yuefengense x fortunei)  Note: Compact deep purple with great foliage.
26-073      h.p.   Orange Leopard X yuefengense  Note: Compact, multicolor, great foliage.
26-074      h.p.   (Red River x auriculatum) X yuefengense
26-075      h.p.   Sally Fuller X Loderi Venus  Note: Large fragrant trusses.
26-076      h.p.   Trilby X Shortcut1  Note: Red with great foliage.
26-077      h.p.   Virginia Richards X polytrichum  Note: Large trusses, interesting foliage.
26-078      h.p.   Vulcan's Flame X Shortcut1  Note: Red with great foliage.
26-079      h.p.   War Dance X Shortcut1  Note: Compact red with great foliage.
26-080      h.p.   War Dance X Frank Galsworthy  Note: multicolor violet/orange/red.
26-081      h.p.   Warlock X Shortcut1  Note: Red with great foliage.
26-082      com.   Franklinia alatamaha  Note: Beautiful small flowering tree, red fall color, stratify seeds.
26-083      com.   Lobelia cardinalis  Note: Wild collected.
26-084      com.   Podophyllum plicanthum  Note: Chinese Mayapple, likes damp.
26-085      com.   Stewartia pseudocamellia 'Pewter Form'  Note: Pink fruit and stems.
26-086      com.   Stewartia rostrata  Note: Beaked stewartia, red tipped seed pods.
26-087      com.   Stewartia serrata
   1 Shortcut = yuefengense X platypodum
   2 HP260-67 is a gorgeous Dexter with large deep green foliage.

Betty Ann Addison, Minnesota, USA
26-088      h.p.   April Dawn1 X mucronulatum
26-089      o.p.   brachycarpum compactum "Green as Grass"  Note: Isolated plant.
26-090      com.   Ghost Fern  Note: Painted X Lady Fern
   1 April Dawn is a coral sport of April Rose. Cross hardy to -30ºF.

Bob Zimmerman, Washington USA
26-091      h.p.   barbatum
26-092      h.p.   decorum
26-093      h.p.   facetum, base #9701 X sibling  Note: Fragrant and marginally hardy.
26-094      h.p.   kesangiae
26-095      h.p.   macabeanum
26-096      h.p.   rex
26-097      h.p.   ririei

Michael Medeiros, Rhode Island, USA
26-098      o.p.   dauricum album

Mike Stillwell, Virginia, USA
26-099      h.p.   (Albert Close x degronianum, Yamoto form) X (Glenolden X Dexter's Orange)
26-100      h.p.   (Caroline x Dexter's Peppermint) X Pupureum Elegans
26-101      o.p.   chapmanii  Note: dwarf, convoluted growth
26-102      h.p.   Rockbridge X [(Cadis x Autumn Gold) x Snow Shimmer]

Thomas Chen, Massachusetts, USA
26-103      h.p.   Big Deal X Kimberly  Goal: Keep williamsianum appearance but improve hardiness and adaptability.
26-104      h.p.   Francesco X Crimson Pippin  Goal: Compact, red, zone 5.
26-105      h.p.   Francesco X Tortoiseshell Wonder  Goal: hardy orange, zone 5.
26-106      h.p.   Haaga X (hyperythrum x pachysanthum)  Goal: heat and cold tolerance, zone 5.
26-107      h.p.   Lavender Haze X Am I Blue  Goal: purple indumented, zone 6.
26-108      h.p.   Picobello X Big Deal  Goal: compact, hardy with white flowers/dark blotch.
26-109      h.p.   Rudy Berg X Midnight Song  Goal: Red flowers with red new foliage, zone 6.
26-110      h.p.   Scintillation X Midnight Song  Goal: Scintillation foliage with reddish flowers, zone 6.
26-111      h.p.   Scintillation X Scarlet Leopard  Goal: Foliage, speckled flowers, zone 6.
26-112      h.p.   Tortoiseshell Wonder X Fashion Plate  Goal: Zone 6 hardy orange.

Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Washington USA
26-113      h.p.   aberconwayi
26-114      h.p.   argrophyllum ssp. hypoglaucum
26-115      h.p.   barbatum
26-116      h.p.   benhallii
26-117      h.p.   coeloneurum
26-118      h.p.   coryanum
26-119      h.p.   crinigerum
26-120      h.p.   davidii
26-121      h.p.   decorum
26-122      h.p.   denudatum
26-123      h.p.   edgeworthii
26-124      h.p.   falconeri ssp. eximium
26-125      h.p.   flinckii
26-126      h.p.   fortunei ssp. discolor (white with green blotch)
26-127      h.p.   fortunei ssp. discolor   Withdrawn
26-128      h.p.   habrotrichum
26-129      h.p.   huanum
26-130      h.p.   jingangshanicum
26-131      h.p.   kesangiae
26-132      h.p.   lanatoides
26-133      h.p.   lanatum
26-134      h.p.   luteiflorum
26-135      h.p.   megacalyx
26-136      h.p.   nipponicum
26-137      h.p.   niveum
26-138      h.p.   ochraceum
26-139      h.p.   orbiculare ssp. orbiculare
26-140      h.p.   oreotrephes
26-140A    h.p.   pentaphyllum
26-141      h.p.   platypodum
26-142      h.p.   polytrichum
26-143      h.p.   qiaojiaense
26-143A    h.p.   quinquefolium
26-144      h.p.   recurvoides
26-145      h.p.   rex ssp. fictolacteum
26-146      h.p.   rex ssp. rex
26-147      h.p.   rothschildii
26-148      h.p.   schlippenbachii, best pink
26-149      h.p.   sinogrande
26-150      h.p.   strigillosum
26-151      h.p.   sutchuenense
26-152      h.p.   thayerianum
26-153      h.p.   thomsonii
26-154      h.p.   wardii
26-154A    com.   Enkianthus serrulatus

Jaakko Saarinen, Finland
26-155      o.p.   arborescens (Cheat Bridge form)  Note: Isolated group, but may be slightly contaminated by calendulaceum pollen.
26-156      c.p.   brachycarpum f. nemotoanum X decorum, NN 907 (white)
26-157      c.p.   degronianum ssp. yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada' X souliei, JN-12-297 (white)
26-158      c.p.   degronianum ssp. yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada' X decorum NN 907 (white)

Tomasz Cyba, Poland
26-159      h.p.   Rabatz x arboreum

Lloyd Gilmore, British Columbia Canada
26-160      h.p.   [Champagne Lace x (Butter Brickle x Marie Starks)] X self
26-161      h.p.   [(Dexter's Spice x neriiflorum 'Rosevallon') x (Sooke Clouds x neriiflorum 'Rosevallon')] X [(Sooke Clouds x sanguineum ssp. haemaleum)#2 x Pretty Baby]
26-162      h.p.   Golfer X Cherries and Merlot
26-163      h.p.   Golfer X orchraceum, RSF 4209
26-164      h.p.   Golfer X Snugbug  Note: Snugbug is a tsariense hybrid.
26-165      h.p.   (Horizon Lakeside x Cayenne) X [(Sooke Clouds x sanguineum ssp. hemaleum)#2 x Pretty Baby]
26-166      h.p.   Jamaica Orange X [Champagne Lace x (Butter Brickle x Marie Starks)]  Note: last cross listed is a dwarf with hose-in-hose yellow flowers.
26-167      h.p.   [(Jeda x sanguineum ssp. haemaleum)#2 x Black Widow] X Golfer
26-168      h.p.   [(Jeda x sanguineum ssp. haemaleum)#2 x Black Widow] X Snugbug Note: Snugbug is a tsariense hybrid.
26-169      h.p.   Many Moons X Marie Starks
26-170      h.p.   Marie Starks X (Many Moons x Jeda) Note: in Memory of Paul Wurz
26-171      h.p.   (Noyo Brave x Peter Faulk) X Golfer
26-172      h.p.   Pretty Baby X Golfer
26-173      h.p.   protistum X kesangiae  Goal: Hardy large leaf.
26-174      h.p.   Senator Jackson X (decorum, Cox 732 2006 x Dexter's Spice)
26-175      h.p.   Senator Jackson X Golfer
26-176      h.p.   Senator Jackson X [(Jeda x sanguineum) x Pretty Baby]
26-177      h.p.   Snugbug X Cherries and Merlot
26-178      h.p.   (Sooke Clouds x neriiflorum 'Rosevallon') X [(Jeda x sanguineum ssp. haemaleum)#2 x Pretty Baby]
26-179      h.p.   (Sooke Clouds x neriiflorum 'Rosevallon') X [(Party Orange x Parksville Sunset) x (Jeda x Ostbo's Red Elizabeth)]
26-180      h.p.   (Sooke Clouds x neriiflorum 'Rosevallon') X Scented Sunrise
26-181      h.p.   [(Sooke Clouds x sanguineum ssp. haemaleum)#2 x Pretty Baby]1 X (decorum, Cox 732 2006 x Dexter's Spice)2
   1 Best scented plant.
   2 Best of 8 plants,

Walter Ostrom, Nova Scotia, Canada
26-182      h.p.   aureum selfed

Ron Rabideau, Massachusetts, USA
26-183     o.p.   maximum, "red"  Second generation, plant #2. Note: Medium pink flower, stems are beet red. Leaves with red veins. Only two siblings nearby in bloom, no other maximums or other plants.

 

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