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Eight new rhododendron cultivars have been created in our nursery

This year, rhododendron nursery “Babīte” has added eight more new cultivars to the International Rhododendron Register. Seven of these have been created from our founder Rihards Kondratovičs’ hybrids, while one is the result of a collaboration with University of Helsinki:

1. ‘Peter’s Yellow’ is dedicated to the author of the cultivar, Professor Emeritus at the University of Helsinki Peter Tigerstedt (1936–2022).

2. ‘Dziesmusvētki’ was created upon the proposition of Swedbank Latvija to mark the 150th anniversary of the Nationwide Latvian Song and Dance Festival.

3. ‘ErasmusPlus Latvija’ was ordered by the State Education Development Agency as a dedication to the Erasmus+ programme and its implementers in Latvia.

4. ‘Turaidas Roze’ was inspired by the old Latvian legend of the Rose of Turaida.

Several more cultivars have been dedicated to different towns of Latvia:

5. ‘Brocēni’.

6. ‘Kandava’.

7. ‘Līgatne’.

8. ‘Talsi’.

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