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So far, surprisingly few cultivars have been developed in our region. We have generally just made do with the international ones.

Growers in Finland, with its harsh continental climate, have been worst off. They started to develop cultivars based on the very hardy R. brachycarpum ssp. tigerstedtii. Some of their plants have done surprisingly well here, despite not being particularly well suited to our climate. For example, 鈥�P.M.A. Tigerstedt鈥� and 鈥楶ohjola鈥檚 Daughter鈥�. Some crossing has also taken place in Denmark, under influence from Northern Germany. One of the oldest R. repens cultivars is named 鈥楢ksel Olsen鈥� after the well-known nurseryman. There are also some newer Danish crosses, such as 鈥楪reat Dane鈥� and 鈥榃hat a Dane鈥�.

The Swedes have not contributed with much yet, and Norway cannot exactly boast either, except for some 鈥渂umblebee hybrids鈥� of which a few have been named: 鈥楳adam Felle鈥�, 鈥楬ilario Lund鈥�, 鈥榁igdis鈥� and 鈥楩ritz C. Rieber鈥�. In Eastern Norway the professor of animal genetics, Harald Skjervold crossed rhododendrons as a hobby, and we can show some of his (unnamed) results. 鈥淥ur鈥� most beautiful cultivar to date is 鈥楢rnulf鈥�, Arnulf Ringstad鈥檚 crossing of R. aureum and R. caucasicum.

Also in the collection: 'Adalmina', 鈥楢ksel Olsen鈥�, 'Axel Tigerstedt', 'Bergensiana', 'Eino', 'Elviira', 'Flava' 脳 aureum, 'Fritz C. Rieber', 'Gedser Gold', R. tomentosum "Golden Malin", Great Dane', "Gudrun", 'Haaga', "Helle", 'Hellikki', 'Helsinki University', 'Hilario Lund', "Idun", 'Illusia', "Inger", "Ingrid", 'Jens J枚rgen S枚rensen', 'J忙rperl氓', 'Kaino', 'Kari's Surprise', 'Kullervo', 鈥楳adam Felle鈥�, "Marit", 'Marketta', 'Mauritz', "Nenne", "Nora", "Northern Giant", 'Oldervik's Sigrun', 'Oldervik's Marion', 'Onnimanni', 鈥楶.M.A. Tigerstedt鈥�, 'Pekka', 'Pohjola's Daughter', 'Raisa', "Sissel", "Skogbakken", "Solveig", 'St. Michel', 'Tarleena', 'Tiuku', "Tonje", "Torill", 'Vason', 'Vieno', 'Vigdis', "Vilde", 'What a Dane'.

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