COLOR YOUR OWN RHODODENDRON

Ever Wish that you could have a real Blue Rhododendron in your collection? How about a brilliant red - yellow-orange tricolor? Well, NOW YOU CAN!

Download a line drawing and let the younger ones color it.
Later you can compare it to the photograph and see what the original flowers looked like.
Most of the files are less than 50K in size, and are 800 pixels wide

This section will continue to expand over time as more photographs get converted.

Click on an image to download the larger version

line drawing of hybrid you color this one..........the original looks like this
any color you like. it's a one-of-a-kind hybrid in any case
yellow hybrid
line drawing of vireya Petra The flowers on this vireya are white with a pink tinge. Beter not try to reproduce the original colors vireya Petra
line drawing of Malta Malta is an old-fashioned early bloomer. If you get a frost on the flower, color it a yucky slimy brown Malta
taurus bud line drawing Taurus is an impossibly rich deep red. Fortunately the color is not as intense when the bud first opens taurus bud
daybreak azalea line drawing the azalea Daybreak is great for warm pastel colors daybreak azalea
show truss A truss from one of the rhododendron shows show truss
mitsuma spider on R. viscosum line drawing R. viscosum azalea. There is a mitsuma spider on it too! Viscosum is fragrant, bloons in June. mitsuma spider on R. viscosum
Z92-05 grex 1 an unnamed hybrid with possibilities Z92-05 grex 1
Z92-05 grex 2 another grex from the same pod Z92-05 grex 2
mitsuma spider on mole plant a mitsuma spider on a mole plant mitsuma spider on mole plant
double yellow azalea a rare single 4 inch late blooming floret on a usually double flowered azalea double yellow azalea
unknown warrior line drawing unknown warrior unknown warrior
     

As a bonus picture, here is what you might accomlish with creative coloration
(this is the Taurus bud from the coloring picture) -click here to see it-