Compact shrubs to 4 ft. Flowers (March-April) are bright yellow. Very distinct dark hairy leaves and richly colored flowers on a tender shrub. Found growing on cliffs and stony slopes from 9,000 to 12,000 ft. NE Burma, China.
Species R. agastum
Attractive early-blooming evergreen shrubs with pale to deep rose flowers. The flowers are pale to deep pink or sometimes white flushed pink but always blotched and usually spotted. Recent field work has proven that this
Species R. cephalanthum ssp. cephalanthum
Dwarf and compact to prostrate evergreen shrubs with small oval and fragrant scaly foliage. The small, narrowly tubular flowers (mid-spring) have spreading lobes and are reminiscent of the flowers of a daphne. They range in color from white to deep rose or yellow and occur in a rounded or sometimes flat-topped inflorescence. A choice and […]
Species R. catacosmum
Compact evergreen shrubs, typically as wide as tall. The leaves are quite large for this group and obovate in shape. The thin silvery indumentum on the upper surface is relatively persistent and a thick pale brown indumentum covers the lower surface. The flowers (mid-spring) are bell-shaped with a fleshy texture and range in color from […]
Species R. ciliatum
Low-growing compact evergreen shrubs with reddish brown peeling bark. The large funnel-shaped flowers are white or white flushed pink in early to mid-spring. The distinct and attractive glossy foliage is elliptic in shape with long hairs on the upper surface and fringing the margin. Tolerant of alkaline soil and fairly drought tolerant once established. Often […]
Species R. barbatum
Large evergreen shrubs or small trees with an upright, well-branched habit and beautiful exfoliating reddish to purple bark. The dark green leaves typically have a bristly petiole and are quite attractive against the colorful flowers and bark. The brilliant red to crimson or scarlet flowers (very early to mid-spring) are in a dense round inflorescence. […]
Species R. adenogynum
Broadly upright but compact-growing evergreen shrubs. The leaves have a distinctive spongy to somewhat woolly yellowish to greenish brown indumentum on the undersides. The flowers (mid-spring) are white to rose or rose-purple, often with purple or brownish spots. A free-flowering and relatively easily grown member of this subsection with outstanding foliage. Native to China (SE […]
Species R. aberconwayi
Stiffly upright shrubs with broadly lanceolate, rigid and shiny leaves. The showy white flowers (late spring to early summer) are almost flat in shape with reddish flecks. A distinct and easily grown species with unusual stiff foliage and saucer-shaped flowers late in the season. Only known from a few mountains in NE Yunnan where it […]
Final posting for 2012 China expedition
HOOTMANODENDRON November 12, 2012 We have just returned from a very successful seed and plant collecting expedition to China. Thanks to a great seed year, excellent timing and the fact that we covered a tremendous amount of territory in our three weeks of field work, we managed to find seed on a tremendous assortment of […]
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Hootmanodendron: China 2012 – preparing for inspection
Just arrived in Taiwan, plant hunting portion is finished and have said goodby to most of my compatriots. Now cleaning and sorting and preparing for inspection. In a small room in Taoyuan which is a long story in itself. A hugely successful trip if we can manage to get everything home. At least four new […]
Hootmanodendron: China 2012 – Leigongping Mtn
“Have just returned from Leigongping mountain where I enjoyed one of my finest days in China. On a crisp, clear day (following hard rain on the climb up the day before) we hiked through the best preserved deciduous forest I have ever witnessed in my 17 years in Asia. A remarkable assemblage of trees dominated […]
Hootmanodendron: China 2012- Xichang
Back in a big city tonight (Xichang in southern Sichuan) first shower in several days and with internet. I have enjoyed lifetime memories of hiking through forests of 20 ft. high R. bureavii and massive mountainsides of the big-leaf – Rhododendron rex, many with incredibly deep, almost chocolate-brown indumentum. some of the most spectacular scenery […]
Hootmanodendron: 2012 China – on expedition
(Steve Hootman left for China on October 2, 2012 for more plant hunting & exploring. Here are some of his quick reports from the field.) October 7th: Great day yesterday, Rhododendron rex, bureavii, giant panax tree, etc. Am now in the very southern tip of Sichuan.
Hootmanodendron: The case of the mysterious Gaultheria
One of the primary non-rhododendron collections that we focus upon and feature in the RSBG is the Gaultheria collection. The gaultherias or “wintergreens’ are a widespread group of plants related to rhododendrons. They are called wintergreen because the species native in eastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens, was one of the few evergreens found growing in […]