Details can be found on the 2017 Rhododendron Species Symposium page.
2017 Rhododendron Species Symposium
34th Western Regional Rhododendron Conference
Details: Western Regional Rhododendron Conference 2016 Western Regional Rhododendron Conference will be held on September 30th-October 2nd Best Western Agate Beach Inn in Newport, OR Both Dennis Bottemiller and Steve Hootman will be guest speakers – consider the coastal trip! See the flyer for details and Registration Form.
Self Tour: Early Summer 2016
Download Early Summer 2016 (SEH) From the Visitor Center, stay to your left and, following the sign, walk to the Upper Woodland Garden which features many rhododendrons with thickly indumented leaf undersurfaces. Take the path between the two deciduous magnolia trees. The magnolia on your right is #1 Magno-lia sargentiana var. robusta from China. This […]
Self Tour: Late Spring 2016
Download Late Spring 2016 Please follow the black numbered signs for this self-guided tour. Enter the courtyard and walk straight ahead to visit #1 Menziesia ciliicalyx var. multiflora* from Japan. This deciduous shrub has blue green foliage that is extremely attractive. Menziesia is a member of the rhododendron family. Follow the sign to the […]
Self Tour: Mid Spring 2016
Download Mid Spring 2016 Enter the courtyard and look to your right where you will see #1 Arisaema sikokianum*, Jack in the Pulpit. This strange-looking plant has a beautiful but unusual flower of dark purple and white. It is easily grown in the shaded garden. From the garden shop walk to your left […]
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Rhododendron Species Symposium 2016
Self Tour: Late Winter 2016
Download Late Winter 2016 #1 Rhododendron strigillosum welcomes you to the gar-den as you enter to the courtyard. This early flowering species puts on a spectacular display every year. It has distinctive bristles on the midrib, petiole, and foliage. R. strigillosum is native to Sichuan and NE Yunnan, China. Turn left on the […]
2016 Internship Program
Download Application form Internship Program The Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden (RSBG) Internship Program is designed to provide practical hands-on experience in the following areas of interest: garden maintenance & renovation, propagation, nursery management, and retail nursery management. 2016 Opportunities Botanical Garden & Nursery Internship One full-time position available in 2016 for up to 6 […]
Hootmanodendron: China 2015
December 8, 2015 I have just returned from a very successful three and a half week plant-hunting expedition to China. This was a trip designed to cover a great deal of territory in a short amount of time, all made possible by the increasing number of modern paved highways now being completed throughout the country. […]
Self Tour: Winter 2015
Download Winter 2015 From the Garden Shop, walk straight to visit #1 Betula jacquemontii to your left. The Himalayan White Birch is native to Kashmir in the western Himalayas and is known for its distinct, bright white bark and resistance to all of the problems that plague most other white birches in cultivation. Take a […]
2016 Spring Catalog is ready!
Self Tour: Fall 2015
Download Fall 2015 Please follow the black numbered signs for this self-guided tour. From the Garden Shop, walk straight to visit #1 Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum (Doublefile Viburnum) native to China and Japan. This deciduous shrub provides beautiful white blossoms in the spring as well as stunning reddish-bronze fall foliage color. Right behind is […]
2015 Fall Catalog is here!
Self-Tour: Native Plants 2015
Download Self Tour: Native Plants 2015 Please follow the green numbered signs for this self-guided tour. As you enter to the garden, a grove of #1 Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir) welcomes you. This is one of the most common conifers native to the Pacific Northwest. The name comes from David Douglas, who introduced this tree […]
Self-Tour: Late Spring 2015
Download Late Spring 2015 Please follow the black numbered signs for this self-guided tour. Enter the courtyard and walk straight ahead to visit #1 Menziesia ciliicalyx var. multiflora* from Japan. This deciduous shrub has blue green foliage […]