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‘Gledstanesii’

Name:
‘Gledstanesii’
Seed parent:
‘Variegatum’
Flower size:
unknown
Primary flower colour:
white
Secondary flower colour:
pink
Type:

Azalea indica

Hybridizer:
Rollisson & Sons
Country:
England
Year registered:
1838

Links:
Deutsche Genbank Rhododendron

Notes:
Synonym: ‘Lateritia alba’.
Important early cultivar, but no drawing seems to exist. It is said to be similar to ‘Lateritia’, but white. So a white R.indicum?
Gledstanesii Azalea indica azalea flowers
Image credit:
Wilson 1912
Gledstanesii Azalea indica azalea flowers
Image credit:
Paxton Botanical Magazine
Hereditary Tree
‘Gledstanesii’
‘Variegatum’
‘Lateritium’
R. indicum




Partial Siblings:
‘Iveryanum’, seedling of ‘Variegatum’
‘Versicolor’, cross: ‘Speciosum’ x ‘Variegatum’