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 […]
Self Tour Early Spring 2015
Download Self Tour Early Spring 2015 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 […]
Pacific Horticulture Special Offer
As a member of the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden you can take advantage of the RSBG’s partnership with Pacific Horticulture. Pacific Horticulture believes in the power of gardens to enrich people’s lives and inspire environmental stewardship. A west-coast based U.S. organization founded in 1968, Pacific Horticulture bring horticulturists, designers, and passionate gardeners together to share […]
Self Tour: Late Winter 2015
Download Late Winter 2015 #1 Rhododendron strigillosum welcomes you to the garden 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 main […]
Rhododendron Species, Vol 10, 2015
ARTICLES INCLUDE: 2012 Expedition to China Part One: Sichuan Steve Hootman Rhododendrons in Traditional Chinese Medicine Elaine Sedlack Lecture at the Rhododendron Species Foundation and Botanical Garden 50th Year Celebration David Chamberlain Mr. John Bond and Windsor Great Park Gerry Gibbens USC’s Rhododendrons: 50 Years On Douglas Justice Tannock Glen: An Air of Quality […]
2016 Spring Plant Sale Vendors
Self Tour Fall 2014
Download the Fall_2014 Self-Tour Please follow the black numbered signsfor 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 […]
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Evening in the Garden Tickets
You may download the form: Registration_Form_Evening_Garden_2014 and return by: Scan and email to: Info@RhodyGarden.org or Fax: 253-838-4686 or Mail to: PO Box 3798, Federal Way, WA 98063 You may also register ONLINE:
Flower Photography Class – 2014
David Fishman – photographer
RSBG Featured Photographer Unique Botanical Portraits by David H. Fishman David’s Botanical Portraits of flowers and plants are not ordinary garden images both in plant selection and photo technique. Much as you might go to a professional photographer for a portrait sitting, David does the same for plants. His Botanical Portraits exhibit great detail with […]
2014 Spring Plant Sale
