Greer’s Guidebook to Available Rhododendrons, Harold E. Greer, 1988. This revised edition features more than 2,000 rhododendrons, hybrids, and species are detailed including plant parentage, hardiness, and size. Advice on planting, care, disease, pests, and propagation is also covered. Marvelous new color photographs of 450 rhododendrons. Great for beginners!
$87.50 Special 50th Anniversary Sale: $75.00 USD Offer expires Dec. 31, 2014 The Encyclopedia of Rhododendron Species, Second Edition Peter and Kenneth Cox. 1997 This valuable collector’s resource, by world-renowned Rhododendron experts and plant explorers Peter and Kenneth Cox, is an ultimate reference guide to species rhododendrons. It brings together all the temperate species (excluding […]
R. goodenoughii is blooming in the Rutherford Conservatory. It was named after Goodenough Island in Papua New Guinea where this plant comes from.
This species is little known and extremely rare. Visit the garden to see this precious rhododendron! Many more rhododendrons are in bloom as well. For more information on this species, see our New Introduction R. ochraceum page.
We have the exciting ‘Designer Genes’ hosta available in our nursery! Its incredible yellow-charteuse green leaves emerge from contrasting deep wine red shoots. Imagine this stunning hosta planted in a pot with the delicate fern Adiantum venustum and placed where you can admire it as you sip your ice tea this summer!
Early blooming rhododendrons such as R. dauricum, R. ririei, and R. moupinense are in bloom!
At the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden we offer classes for various ages. Currently our classes are held during our special events. Check out our current class list.
In January of 2012, the Federal Way area endured a severe ice storm, and the RSBG lost several trees and plants as a result. Here are a few of the pictures.
Conservatory Opening Aug 30, 2010 — After years of planning and fundraising, as well as months of construction and planting, RSBG will unveil the new Rutherford Conservatory, the latest addition to its multi-featured, research and education garden. The Rutherford Conservatory, named in honor of the late Francis C. Rutherford – long time RSBG member and […]
The cultivation of Rhododendron species introduced in the modern era of plant collecting, by Steve Hootman
How northern hemisphere geologic history and paleoclimate shaped the populations of Rhododendron macrophyllum and Rhododendron catawbiense, by Michelle Stitzer, Chuan Cao, and Benjamin Hall
People, plants, and places: Standish & Noble and James P.C.Russell, by John Hammond […]
Letters – Dr. M. L. A. Robinson and Philippe de Spoelberch
1997 Plant Hunting Expedition to West Bengal and Sikkim, India, by Steve Hootman
Sunningdale Nurseries in the 1950s: A view From the Bottom, by Alleyne Cook
A genetic comparison of eight Rhododendron macrophyllum populations in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, […]
Rhododendron vaseyi in the Southern Appalachians, by Donald W. Hyatt and George Keen McLellan
Some Thoughts on High Altitude Rhododendron Species, by P. L. Cunnington
The Story of the Rhododendron Species Collection in Windsor Great Park, by Mark Flanagan
The Back Roads of South-central Sichuan China – Spring 2007, by Garratt Richardson […]
