Meerkerk Gardens Located on Whidby Island, in Washington State, Meerkirk is dedicated to developing and testing hybrid rhododendrons for growing in the Pacific Northwest. Their 50 acre woodland garden is well worth a visit.
Meerkerk Gardens
Leach Botanical Garden
Leach Botanical Garden Leach Botanical Garden is located in a woodland hollow carved by Johnson Creek in southeast Portland, Oregon. This botanical garden specializes in preserving the original Leach collection as well as introducing Northwest native plants through educational programs, conservation, and community involvement.
Hennings
Hennings Steve Hennings’ site with many links and his own Rhododendron and Azalea Bookstore
Vireya Site
Vireya Site This website is dedicated to presenting the plants of Rhododendron subgenus Vireya – more commonly known as Vireya Rhododendrons, or simply Vireyas. It is an excellent reference site.
Arisaema sikokianum – Jack in the Pulpit
University of British Columbia Botanical Garden
University of British Columbia Botanical Garden The UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research is located in Vancouver, Canada. Our mission is excellence in plant research, education, and conservation. Please visit and enjoy this garden of science and beauty.
Azalea Society of America
Azalea Society of America Some of this site is limited to members, but much of it is open for readers and it includes material on care and cultivation as well as a free newsgroup that you can join whether or not you are a member of the Society.
Glendoick Gardens
Glendoick Gardens It all started over 100 years ago. Born in 1893, Euan Cox was invalided out of First World War and avoided going on a troop ship which was sunk just outside Southampton. During the war he worked as John Buchan’s secretary at the Foreign Office. In 1919 Euan was invited by well-known plant […]
American Rhododendron Society
The American Rhododendron Society The American Rhododendron Society is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to encourage interest in and to disseminate information about the genus Rhododendron. Members’ experience ranges from novice to expert. Society activities include public education, flower shows, seed exchanges, scientific studies, and communication through publications and local and national meetings. ARS […]
WNARSP
The WNARS Project mission is to research and identify all locations of the indigenous Rhododendron species of the western United States and Canada and create a computerized archive of this information. WNARSP endeavors to spread the
Botanical garden in Federal Way worthy of taking a rhody trip to see
Great article in today’s Tacoma News Tribune with a nice emphasis on our Rhody conservation endeavors!
Rhododendron Species, Vol 6, 2011
2011
(No longer available for sale.)
Rhododendrons at the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden by Doug Justice
The First Gardens by Charles Lyte
Some People Associated with VireyaPlant Names, by George Argent
Construction of the Rutherford Conservatory at the RSBG by Dennis Bottemiller[…]
Hardhats and Sandals
“Hardhats and Sandals” – a Habitat for Humanity fundraiser Saturday, August 11, 2012 $30 advance ticket; $35 on-site ticket; $20 designated driver ticket. 4:00 to 7:00 pm We are joining the Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection in welcoming Habitat for Humanity for their annual fund-raising evening. Enjoy wine-tasting courtesy of three Washington state wineries, appetizers […]
Species Profile: R. vernicosum
Rhododendron vernicosum is a member of the popular and widely grown group of related species known as subsection Fortunea (Fortunei Series). This subsection includes such familiar species as sutchuenense, calophytum, orbiculare, decorum, fortunei, oreodoxa, and griffithianum. Although less well known and not as common in gardens as these other deservedly popular species, R. vernicosum can […]
Species Profile: R. triflorum
The majority of the 30 or so rhododendrons introduced by Joseph Hooker from his 1848-1850 expedition to Sikkim have become well known and, at least in species collections, widely grown. Showy and impressive species such as thomsonii, arboreum, niveum, maddenii, edgeworthii, falconeri, hodgsonii, griffithianum, campanulatum, barbatum, and cinnabarinum gained the widespread attention and admiration of […]
Species Profile: R. sulfureum
Of all the brilliantly colored flowers in nature’s vast repertoire, I have a special affinity for those of the yellow persuasion. Now by yellow I mean the deep solid yellow found in many species of Narcissus (daffodils), for example, or the pure yellow of a buttercup. This fondness, in combination with an unreasonable lust for […]