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selense

Densely-branched  evergreen shrubs.  The attractive flowers (mid- to late spring) are pink to rose or white, often with a basal blotch.  A variable and often highly praised species common and widespread in the wild.  Native to China (NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan and SE Tibet) where it occurs in a wide variety of habitats from 9,000 to 14,500 ft.

1976/312  ACB  (0).  A medium sized shrub in the Thomsonii series from China.

1981/023  (exbeima)  F#16684:CL  (0).  A Forrest collection from his 1917-19 expedition.  Forms a medium sized shrub to 9 ft.

1993sd324  RSBG  (0 or –5?\R1\4).  Seedlings from seed collected in Tibet.

selense ssp. dasycladum

Shrubs to 12 ft.  Flowers (early to late spring) are white to white flushed rose or rose.  A variable and widespread species.  Native to China (NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan and SE Xizang) where it is a common species in various habitats from 11,000 to 13,000 ft.

    1979/107  (rhaibocarpum)  R#11269(USDA#59197):BOR (0).  Rose flowers with a maroon blotch.

selense ssp. jucundum

Large evergreen shrubs or small trees with bristly-glandular branchlets.  The smallish rounded to elliptic leaves are glaucous on the lower surface.  The attractive bell-shaped flowers (mid-spring) are typically pink.  This is a rarely grown species with fine foliage and flowers.  Best in light shade or a woodland setting and requires excellent drainage.  Found only on the Cang Shan of W Yunnan where it occurs from 10,000 to 12,000 ft.

1982/138  (jucundum)  BREM  (0)  Pastel rose flowers with a magenta blotch.

2000sd255  JN#1029:RSBG  (-5\R2\5).  Our first offering in many years of this delightful species.  These are grown from seed collected by Jens Nielsen at 12,000 ft. in the Cang Shan.

selense ssp. selense (also selense var. probum)

Shrubs, 2 to 9 ft.  Flowers (April-May) are pink to rose, occasionally white to pale yellow, may be blotched.  Found on rocky alpine pastures by streams at 11,000 to 14,500 ft.  China.

1965/296  Glenarn  (0).  Neat in habit and rounded foliage with open trusses of white blossoms in early spring.

1970/135  (sanguineum ssp. roseotinctum)  STR  (-5).

1982/114  AEK  (0).  Form with yellow flowers.

selense ssp. setiferum

Shrubs, 5 to 10 ft.  Flowers (March) creamy white with red-colored flecks.  Possibly a natural hybrid between R. selense ssp. selense and R. bainbridgeanum.  Found in thickets and woodlands of pine from 12,000 to 13,000 ft. in China (NW Yunnan and SE Xizang).

1965/521  (setiferum)  WIND  (0).  Creamy white flowers with maroon flecks.