Rhododendron huanum Another fantastic new rhododendron introduced from my first expedition to China is the species R. huanum which occurs in scattered populations in the mountains of southern Sichuan, northeastern Yunnan, and adjacent northeastern Guizhou. Although this species has long been known to botanists (it was officially described in 1939), it was never successfully introduced […]
Paeonia mairei SEH#058 This is an herbaceous (dies back to the ground each autumn) species native to the mountains of SW China which is where I found it in the autumn of 1995 while exploring a deep ravine full of wondrous plants. These included giant trees of Rhododendron argyrophyllum with huge, thick trunks, masses of interesting […]
Rhododendron valentinioides SEH#235 This species was first collected and introduced into cultivation from the Laojun Shan, a range of mountains near the city of Wenshan in southern Yunnan Province, China, just north of the Vietnam border. Peter Cox and I were on our very last day in the field at the end of a very […]
Rhododendron sinofalconeri SEH#229 From the mountains on either side of the Yunnan-Vietnam border comes the newly introduced, yellow-flowered, big-leaf Rhododendron sinofalconeri. This species has two very different forms from two separate areas, although each form more or less matches the type description. The form from southern Yunnan north of the Red River was first introduced […]
Agapetes pyrolifolia SEH#1511 This Rhododendron relative represents just one of the many, and definitely one of the finest, species in this large genus that we have introduced into cultivation. Agapetes can be thought of basically as epiphytic, evergreen blueberries with flashy flowers that occur primarily in the temperate rainforests of the Sino-Himalaya. This species was […]
2013 RSF Yearbook ARTICLES INCLUDE: 2011 Expedition to Papua New Guinea by Steve Hootman Species Profile: Rhododendron ponticum by Peter Cox Art Imitating Nature by Charles Lyte Roadside Anatolia by Philip MacDougall Rhododendron Species at Marwood Hill Gardens, Devon, England by Malcolm Pharoah Hunting for Rhododendrons in Northern Vietnam 2011 by Kenneth Cox The Lakeside […]
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1974/008 ‘Midwinter” Berg (-25\R1\5). Red-purple flowers on this AM and FCC form. Our earliest-blooming rhododendron, typically in early January. Tough, hardy, and very floriferous.
Robinwood Nursery 18827 Robinwood Rd, SW, Vashon, WA 206-463-5115 www.robinwoodnursery.com Contact: robinwoodnursery@earthlink.net Featuring: Dwarf Japanese Maple selection–leaf color orange to green to red and variegated Fagus sylvatica ‘Red Obelisk Metasequoia ‘Miss Grace Shrubs including Kalmiopsis ‘Umpqua Form’ (small, rare SW Oregon native from N. Umpqua River area) Proven Winner Barberry selections Perennials: Two newer Hellebores–‘Pink […]
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Compact shrubs to 4 ft. Flowers (March-April) are bright yellow. Very distinct dark hairy leaves and richly colored flowers on a tender shrub. Found growing on cliffs and stony slopes from 9,000 to 12,000 ft. NE Burma, China.
