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‘Hilda Niblett’

Name:
‘Hilda Niblett’
Seed parent:
Pollen parent:
Flower size:
large
Primary flower colour:
pink
Secondary flower colour:
red
Winter hardiness:
zone 7
Hybridizer:
Robert Gartrell
Country:
USA
Year registered:
1985

One of the more popular Robin Hill varieties. Strongly influenced by maruba satsuki genetics, this is a very compact but strong landscape plant. It has very large flowers and relatively small leaves. When correctly propagated, this variety has pale, variegated, jewel border, and solid pink flowers.

Links:

Hilda Niblett Robin Hill azalea flowers
Image credit:
Mark Nijland
Hilda Niblett Robin Hill azalea flowers
Image credit:
Mark Nijland
Hilda Niblett Robin Hill azalea flowers
Image credit:
Mark Nijland
Hereditary Tree
‘Hilda Niblett’
Glacier x Tamagiku‘Gettoku’
‘Glacier’‘Tamagiku’‘Banka’‘Shinnyo-no-Tsuki’
‘Malvaticum’‘Yozakura’‘Banjo’‘Zetsurin’‘Adesugata’
R. eriocarpum‘Akoyahime’‘Bandai’‘Kyokkonishiki’‘Shikainami’‘Reiko’‘Yama-no-Hikari’
‘Asahizuru’‘Kyokkonishiki’‘Izayoi’‘Hototogisu’‘Ungetsu’‘Kazan’




Full Siblings:
‘Sir Robert’, cross: Glacier x Tamagiku x ‘Gettoku’
‘Talbot’, cross: Glacier x Tamagiku x ‘Gettoku’

Partial Siblings:
‘Robin Hill Gillie’, cross: Oakland x (Indian hybrid No.1 x Carol) x ‘Gettoku’