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2006 ARS / ASA Convention Plant Sale
Gable RhododendronsJoe Gable was a pioneer hybridizer in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, who developed many hardy rhododendrons for our eastern climate. We include in this page, several hybrids of Guy Nearing, too. Nearing and Gable shared much of their plant material and expertise. |
Gable Rhododendron Hybrids - Elepidote
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'Albert Close' Flowers in compact conical truss, rose pink, throat heavily spotted chocolate red. |
Photo by James |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Goodrich |
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'Atroflo'
Flowers 10-12 in flat truss, trumpet, bright rose pink. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Hyatt |
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'Cadis'
Flowers 9-11 in large flat truss, wavy-edged lobes, light pink with yellow flush, scented. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Willhite |
Photo by Hyatt |
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'Caroline'
Lavender-pink flowers with greenish bronze blotch, scented. Tall plant and very rugged. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Hyatt | |
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'Catalode'
(syn. 'County of York') Flowers up to 13 in truss, white with olive throat. Long recurved leaves. |
Photo by Hyatt | ||
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'David Gable'
Flowers in large domed truss, deep purplish pink with basal band of deep red. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Newman |
Photo by Hyatt |
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'Disca'
Flowers in large domed truss, wavy-edged lobes, white tinged pink, scented. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Hyatt | |
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'Doctor Joseph Rock'
(syn. Doctor Rock) Flowers peach pink. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Goodrich |
Photo by Hyatt |
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'Fair Isle'
('Disca' x 'Romany Chai') Cross made by Gable. Cuttings given by Caroline Gable to Ray and Jane Goodrich. Registered by Jane Goodrich in 2005. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Goodrich |
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'Freckles'
(syn. Gable's Freckles) Flowers in conical truss, rose pink, heavily spotted maroon on dorsal lobes and paler spots on other lobes. |
Photo by Goodrich |
Photo by Goodrich |
Photo by Goodrich |
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Gable 6-60 Also known as “Best in Show”. |
Photo by Goodrich |
Photo by Goodrich | |
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'Gable's Red Head'
(syn. Red Head) Flowers in lax truss, bright crimson red (reddest of the Atrier Group). |
Photo by James |
Photo by Hyatt | |
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'Hannah Hersey'
Flowers broadly funnel-shaped, 5 wavy-edged lobes, pink flushed coral. |
Photo by James |
Photo by Hyatt | |
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'James Allison' Flowers 12 in ball truss, 6 flat-edged lobes, very light purple and very pale purple, blotch medium green in throat. |
Photo by Goodrich |
Photo by Goodrich | |
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'Ladifor' (Nearing-Gable)- Flowers pink with bicolor effect, scented. |
Photo by Hyatt | ||
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'Mary Belle'
Flowers opening salmon pink fading to buff yellow. |
Photo by Hyatt | ||
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'Mary Garrison'
Flowers a blend of salmon yellow and brownish red. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Goodrich |
Photo by Goodrich |
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'Mary K'
Flowers 12 in ball truss, 6 flat-edged lobes, very light purple and very pale purple, blotch medium green in throat. |
Photo by Goodrich | ||
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'Maxhaem Salmon'
Flowers salmon pink. |
Photo by Hyatt | ||
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'Milo'
Flowers pale pink and cream. |
Photo by Goodrich |
Photo by Goodrich |
Photo by Goodrich |
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'Mount Siga'
Flowers 7-12 in lax truss, 7-8 wavy-edged lobes, pale yellowish pink blending to light yellowish pink in throat, spotting moderate reddish orange in throat. |
Photo by Willhite |
Photo by Goodrich |
Photo by Willhite |
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'Peaches'
Flowers in flat truss, peach-colored. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by James |
Photo by Hyatt |
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'Pink Twins'
Flowers hose-in-hose, 15 or more in ball truss, 6 ruffle-edged lobes, light pink. |
Photo by James | ||
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'Robert Allison'
Sister seedling of 'Cadis'. Loose, flat-topped trusses of light pink with slight yellow flush, scented. |
Photo by Goodrich |
Photo by Goodrich | |
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'W. H. Ebaugh'
Flowers warm pink with yellow undertones in the throat and a red blotch. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Goodrich |
Photo by Goodrich |
Nearing Rhododendron Hybrids - Elepidote
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'Nearing Pink' (Nearing-Gable)- Flowers pink. |
Photo by James | ||
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'Rochelle' Flowers rose with strawberry blotch, somewhat scented. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Hyatt |
Gable Rhododendron Hybrids - Lepidote
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| TBA | No Image | ||
Nearing Rhododendron Hybrids - Lepidote
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'Mary Fleming' Flowers light yellow flushed with pink. |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Hyatt |
Photo by Hyatt |
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