There are fragrant azaleas in bloom and this includes R. luteum ‘Golden Comet’. You can also find this one the RSBG Plant Nursery for sale.
R. luteum ‘Golden Comet’ – Fragrant and in Bloom
2013 Blue Poppy Day Artists
Featured artist David Fishman – photography – Rutherford Conservatory (Fishman Botanical Portraits) Claudia Riedener – ceramic tile – near Stumpery (Ixia Tile) Mary Lou Sumioka – pottery – across from meadow Ross Brown – sculpture – throughout Garden (Owings Brown Studio) Marion Head – photography – near Stumpery (Marion Head Photography ) Anette Lusher-Cree – […]
Blue Poppy Day 2013
May 18 2013, Saturday 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Mother’s Day Weekend 2013
Marianne Binetti interview Steve for the TV show, “Dig In”
Local gardening personality, Marianne Binetti, is the host of the new Dig In® Seattle TV show. Last month filming at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden took place including an interview with Executive Director and Curator, Steve Hootman. The Garden was showing off for the camera with beautiful blooms everywhere. Even a little hummingbird nest nestled into […]
Give BIG 2013
“We are participating in The Seattle Foundation’s third annual GiveBIG on May 15! Plan on supporting the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden as part of our community’s biggest day of giving of the year!”
Special Native Plant Tour at the RSBG
The Washington Native Plant Society is promoting Native Plant Appreciation Week, April 28-May 4. They will be promoting our Spring Plant Sale plus, we’ll offer a special tour. Special Native Plant Tour at the RSBG, Tues. April 30, 1pm. RSBG Staff will showcase native plants on this hour long tour through the Garden. Cost […]
Live Interview with Steve Hootman
Listen to Steve Hootman’s podcast of his live interview with Mike Darcy on his radio show, “In The Garden“, on Sat March 16, 2013.
Winter Heather
Agapetes
Narcissus cyclamineus
Camellia grisjii
R. lanigerum
Large rounded evergreen shrubs with pale tomentose branches. The dark and shiny leaves have a woolly whitish to fawn indumentum on their undersides. The flowers emerge from the most amazing-looking large buds in early spring. The fuzzy overlapping scales of the buds give the appearance of some strange small pineapple and provide a great show […]
Helleborus
Shortia galacifolia
R. veitchianum
Large and vigorous, but often compact-growing shrubs with smooth and shiny reddish brown bark. The large fragrant flowers are white, often with a yellow blotch and typically frilled or wavy along the outer part of the lobes. Quite variable in terms of blooming season and requiring excellent drainage. Native to S Burma, Laos, Thailand and […]