‘Hilda Niblett’

Name:
‘Hilda Niblett’
Seed parent:
Glacier x Tamagiku
Pollen parent:
‘Gettoku’
Flower size:
large
Primary flower colour:
pink
Secondary flower colour:
red
Winter hardiness:
zone 7
Type:

Robin Hill

Hybridizer:
Robert Gartrell
Country:
USA
Year registered:
1985
Links:
Azalea Society of America Database
Rhododendra

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.

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’