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Rhododendron 'Mars'

Hybridiser:

Waterer, A.. Woking, Surrey, UK, 1928 (see more plants of this hybridizer)

Status:

IRRC registered.

Height
The figures listed here are averages.

The exact location (altitude, sunlight, soil, climate) can influence growth considerably

in 10 years

120 cm. (4ft.)

Bloom time:

midseason

Flower:

broadly campanulate

Type:

elepidote

Leaves:

unknown

Hardiness:

H0 = 0 °C (32 F)
H1 = -7 °C (20 F)
H2 = -12 °C (10 F)
H3 = -15 °C (5 F)
H4 = -18 °C (0 F)
H5 = -24 °C (-10 F)

Registered

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on hirstum.info: 15

R. Mars per country:
(could be a clue for heat/cold-tolerance)

France : 10
Netherlands : 3
Poland : 1
United States : 1

Seed-parent		Pollen-parent
R. griffithianum Click to see more information	X	?

Rhododendron 'Mars' photos

Photo by	Robert George
Location	Private garden, Sammamish, Washington, USA.
Date	13 May, 2004
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Photo by	Theo Damen
Location	Arboretum Belmonte, Wageningen, Netherlands
Date	15 May, 2004
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can this be "Mars"?

Photo by	Joep Verstappen
Location	private garden Budel, Netherlands
Date	03 May, 2005

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Parentage according the IRRC of the Royal Horticultural Society

Involved in other cultivars:		Hybridiser
'Al Jolson'	'Mars' x R. sanguineum ssp sanguineum var haemaleum	Seabrook, Cecil S., 1968
'Alexandra's Ruby'	'Mars' x 'Inca Chief'	Leonard, 1992
'America x Mars'	'America' x 'Mars'	No hybridiser registered
'Aviva Ann'	R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum x 'Mars'	Brooks, A.R.
'Bagoly's Beauty'	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'	Bagoly, Lewis, 1966
'Blinklicht' Click to see more information Blinklicht	'Nova Zembla' x 'Mars'	Hachmann, Hans, 1960
'Captain Jack' Click to see more information Captain Jack	'Mars' x R. facetum	Henny, Rudolph, 1956
'catawbiense x haematodes X Mars'	'catawbiense x haematodes' x 'Mars'	No hybridiser registered
'Charles Dickens x Mars'	'Charles Dickens' x 'Mars'	No hybridiser registered
'David Forsythe'	R. catawbiense x 'Mars'	Baldanza, S., 1971
'Dexter 202 x Mars'	'Dexter 202' x 'Mars'	unknown
'Don Giovanni' Click to see more information Don Giovanni	R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum x 'Mars'	Research Station for Woody Nursery Crops, 1968
'Ed Knight'	'Mars' x 'Loderi King George'	Briggs, B.T., 1963
'Ed's Red'	'Mars' x 'America'	Reiley, H.E., 1957
'Eggert Rohwer' Click to see more information Eggert Rohwer	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'	Hachmann, Hans, 1968
'Eileen Hall'	'Mars' x 'Pygmalion x haematodes'	Hall, M.E., 1966
'Emanuela' Click to see more information Emanuela	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'	Hachmann, Hans, 1968
'Fantastica' Click to see more information Fantastica	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'	Hachmann, Hans, 1968
'Feuerschein' Click to see more information Feuerschein	'Nova Zembla' x 'Mars'	Hachmann, Hans, 1983
'Frank Baum' Click to see more information Frank Baum	'Mars' x 'Jasper Group'	Seabrook, Cecil S., 1968
'Gable's Tom Thumb'	'Mars' x 'Conoco-cheague'	Gable, J.B., 1972
'Gayblade'	'Azma Group' x 'Mars'	Wright, A.O., 1956
'Hachmann's Lagerfeuer' Click to see more information Hachmann's Lagerfeuer	'Nova Zembla' x 'Mars'	Hachmann, Hans, 1960
'Hachmann's Marlis' Click to see more information Hachmann's Marlis	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'	Hachmann, Hans, 1970
'Hachmann's Parsifal'	'Mars' x 'Direktor E Hjelm'	Hachmann, Hans, 1958
'Hachmann's Rosenelfe' Click to see more information Hachmann's Rosenelfe	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'	Hachmann, Hans, 1970
'Hot Dawn' Click to see more information Hot Dawn	'Mars' x 'yakushimanum x Mars'	Brueckner, J.B., 1975
'Idomeneo' Click to see more information Idomeneo	R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum x 'Mars'	Research Station for Woody Nursery Crops, 1968
'Irresistible Impulse' Click to see more information Irresistible Impulse	'Mars' x 'Purple Splendour'	unknown
'Jack Owen Yates'	'Catalgla x wardii' x 'Mars'	Yates, H.R., 1960
'Java'	'Mars' x 'Mars x catawbiense'	Leach, Dr. David G., 1958
'John Paul II' Click to see more information John Paul II	'Mars' x 'The Honourable Jean Marie de Montague x Cheer'	Minahan, J.F., 1971
'Kantilene' Click to see more information Kantilene	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'	Hachmann, Hans, 1968
'Last Chance'	'Mars' x R. facetum	Henny, Rudolph, 1957
'Leah Yates' Click to see more information Leah Yates	'Mars' x 'Mars'	Yates, H.R., 1956
'Lem's Stormcloud' Click to see more information Lem's Stormcloud	'Burgundy' x 'Mars'	Lem Halfdan, 1962
'Leon's Bicolored'	'Catawbiense Album' x 'Mars'	Yavorsky, L., 1975
'Ma Chère' Click to see more information Ma Chère	'Mars' x 'yakushimanum x Mars'	Brueckner, J.B., 1975
'Madras' Click to see more information Madras	'Mars' x 'Fanfare'	Leach, Dr. David G., 1958
'Mars Novus'	'Betsy Trotwood' x 'Mars'	Firma Seidel, 1880
'Mars x America'	'Mars' x 'Nova Zembla'	No hybridiser registered
'Mars x catawbiense'	'Mars' x R. catawbiense	No hybridiser registered
'Mars x Fanfare'	'Mars' x 'Fanfare'	No hybridiser registered
'Mars x haematodes'	'Mars' x R. haematodes ssp haematodes	No hybridiser registered
'Mars x Koichiro Wada'	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'	No hybridiser registered
'Martha May'	'Mars' x 'Tally Ho Group'	Henny, Rudolph, 1964
'Martian King'	'Gipsy King Group' x 'Mars'	Hanke, W., 1978
'Nicoline'	'Nova Zembla' x 'Mars'	Hachmann, Hans, 1960
'Ninotschka'	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'	Hachmann, Hans, 1970
'Nova Zembla x Mars'	'Nova Zembla' x 'Mars'	No hybridiser registered
'Old Faithful'	? x 'Mars'	Haag, C.R. & V. (Velma), 1991
'Olin O. Dobbs' Click to see more information Olin O. Dobbs	'Mars' x 'Purple Splendour'	Dobbs, 1955
'Ovation'	'Mars' x R. haematodes ssp haematodes	Nagel, W. (Walter), 1968
'Powder Mill Run'	R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum x 'Mars'	unknown
'Red Brave'	'America' x 'Mars'	Baldanza, S., 1955
'Red Torch'	'Mars' x ?	Research Station for Woody Nursery Crops, 1978
'Sammetglut' Click to see more information Sammetglut	'Mars' x 'Nova Zembla'	Hachmann, Hans, 1959
'Samtkrone I'	'Nova Zembla' x 'Mars'	Hachmann, Hans, 1969
'Samtkrone I x Mars'	'Samtkrone I' x 'Mars'	No hybridiser registered, 1969
'Santana' Click to see more information Santana	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'	Hachmann, Hans, 1968
'Scarlet Blast'	'Mars' x 'Mars x catawbiense'	Leach, Dr. David G., 1972
'Senorita Chere'	R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum x 'Mars'	Greer, Harold E., 1988
'Sonatine' Click to see more information Sonatine	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'	Hachmann, Hans, 1973
'Straw Hat' Click to see more information Straw Hat	R. catawbiense 'Catalgla' x 'Mars'	Gable, J.B., 1972
'Swen' Click to see more information Swen	R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum x 'Mars'	Swenson, W.J., 1970
'Vulcan' Click to see more information Vulcan	'Mars' x R. griersonianum	Waterer (Bagshot), 1938
'Vulcan Tetraploid' Click to see more information Vulcan Tetraploid	'Mars' x R. griersonianum	unknown
'Vulcan's Flame' Click to see more information Vulcan's Flame	R. griersonianum x 'Mars'	Lancaster, Ben, F., 1958
'Vulcan's Shadow'	R. griersonianum x 'Mars'	Haag, C.R. & V. (Velma), 1958
'War Dance' Click to see more information War Dance	'Mars' x 'Pygmalion'	Hall, M.E., 1970
'Witchery'	'Mars' x R. eriogynum	unknown
'Yaku Warrior'	'Mars' x R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum	Lancaster, Ben, F., 1967
'yakushimanum x Mars' Click to see more information yakushimanum x Mars	R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum x 'Mars'	No hybridiser registered
'Yates' Albino'	R. catawbiense x 'Mars'	Yates, H.R., 1959

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