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!”
2013 Eve in the Garden
Announcing the 2013 Evening in the Garden RSBG members and their guests are invited to join staff and board members for a memorable evening dining outdoors with friends on the Rutherford Conservatory Terrace. Saturday, August 10 5 – 8:30 pm Members $25.00 and non-member guests $30.00 This year’s theme will put us all in […]
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 […]
R. strigillosum
One of the finest species in the genus. Very large, deep red flowers with black nectar pouches in early spring. The leaves are stunning – deep green in color and quite long with very bristly petioles and margins. A superb foliage plant with equally impressive flowers. This species is best in shade to light shade […]
R. beanianum
Rounded evergreen shrubs with ascending bristly branches. Very attractive foliage, shiny and rugulose on the upper surface, with a thick cinnamon brown indumentum on the lower. The fleshy bell-shaped flowers (late winter to mid-spring) are deep red or scarlet to carmine. One of the first species to bloom in the garden each year. This species […]