{"id":10181,"date":"2016-05-10T05:47:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T12:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10181"},"modified":"2016-05-03T11:43:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T18:43:29","slug":"rhododendron-sappho-labeled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/rhododendron-sappho-labeled\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhododendron Sappho Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Rhododendron Sappho bud by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5680074326\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5061\/5680074326_cfb0e6ebdd.jpg\" alt=\"Rhododendron Sappho bud\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just purchased a new containerised Rhododendron named &#8216;Sappho&#8217;. The picture on the label is of white flowers with spotted purple centres. There are lots of buds, about 20, and they are looking lilac.\u00c2\u00a0 I thought of taking it back as that was not the colour I wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Now the buds are opening I think it will be worth keeping and should fit in with my planting scheme.<\/p>\n<h3>Four Language Label<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The label has minimal information but what there is can be translated. A pictured sun and sun half blached out must mean suitable for sun or partial shade.<\/li>\n<li>A flower symbol V-VI implies it flowers late in May or June. Good that was what I was after and that seems to be how it is performing.<\/li>\n<li>A vertical arrow and 1.5m says it will grow 4-5 feet high and possibly wide.<\/li>\n<li>A complex symbol with a cross through it may signify no pruning<\/li>\n<li>Strangely it is named as an Azalea for decoration do not consume. Submerge pot in a bucket of water for 10 minutes then plant in the garden. Fair advice.<\/li>\n<li>The symbolic language may be classed as a fifth language since Esperanto never took off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Rhododendron Sappho by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5680075610\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5064\/5680075610_e7d117d2ea.jpg\" alt=\"Rhododendron Sappho\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Research on Sappho<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mauve buds open to lovely white flowers with a conspicuous dark purple, almost black, blotch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid deep shade which can cause the plant to sprawl. Dark foliage, vigorous, upright, very open habit.<\/li>\n<li>The plant has an AGM I should have known before I bought.<\/li>\n<li>Sappho was an ancient Greek poet and lyricist born some time between 630 and 612 BC on Lesbos.<\/li>\n<li>Sappho has remained an important literary and cultural figure although most of her work has not survived.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Rhododendron Sappho by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5679514825\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5069\/5679514825_6213d09e16.jpg\" alt=\"Rhododendron Sappho\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe first bud to open!<\/p>\n<p>Read<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7254\">In Praise of Rhododendrons<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3299&amp;action=edit\">Rhododendrons after Flowering<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2056&amp;action=edit\">Early Rhododendrons<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0881927236\/richardpettin-21\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0881927236\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0881927236.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhodogroup-rhs.org\/\">www.rhodogroup-rhs.org\/<\/a> This society controls &#8216;The International Rhododendron Register and Checklist&#8217; of the named 29,000 +varieties, cultivars and group names.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just purchased a new containerised Rhododendron named &#8216;Sappho&#8217;. The picture on the label is of white flowers with spotted purple centres. There are lots of buds, about 20, and they are looking lilac.\u00c2\u00a0 I thought of taking it back as that was not the colour I wanted. Now the buds are opening I think it will be worth keeping and should fit in with my planting scheme. Four Language Label The label has minimal information but what there is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/rhododendron-sappho-labeled\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,260],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs","category-rhododendron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}