The RSF Yearbook

Our Yearbook contains articles illuminating rhododendrons and include topics ranging from travel logs, to history, to taxonomy, to personal experiences. We highlight some of the contemporary questions and answers concerning the species. Pick one up today.

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The Yearbooks listed below are currently for sale for the low price of $10.00 USD, plus shipping (and tax for Washington State residents).

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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 […]

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Rhododendron Species, Vol 9, 2014

2014 RSF Yearbook ARTICLES INCLUDE: The 1997 Expedition to Yunnan, China (revised from a series of articles previously published in the RSF Newsletter) by Steve Hootman Full Circle: Polo De Lorenzo, Warren Smith, and the Sonoma Horticultural Nursery by Elaine Sedlack Rain, Mud and Rhododendrons: Exploring Arunachal Pradesh (Northeastern India) in the Monsoon Season by […]

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Rhododendron Species, Vol 8, 2013

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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Rhododendron Species, Vol 7, 2012

ARTICLES INCLUDE: Hunting the Elusive Bigfoot of China by Steve Hootman Rhododendron pangearum (Ericaceae) : A New Species from India by A.A. Mao ad M Bhaumik More than the Sum of its Parts by Elaine Sedlack Prince Peter Wolknonsky by The Lay Anne Berry Rhododendron Hunting in the Hills of Kurunk Kumey District of the […]

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Rhododendron Species, Vol 6, 2011

2011

(No longer available for sale.)

Rhododendrons at the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden by Doug Justice

The First Gardens by Charles Lyte

Some People Associated with VireyaPlant Names, by George Argent

Construction of the Rutherford Conservatory at the RSBG by Dennis Bottemiller[…]

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Rhododendron Species, Vol 5, 2010

2010

The cultivation of Rhododendron species introduced in the modern era of plant collecting, by Steve Hootman

How northern hemisphere geologic history and paleoclimate shaped the populations of Rhododendron macrophyllum and Rhododendron catawbiense, by Michelle Stitzer, Chuan Cao, and Benjamin Hall

People, plants, and places: Standish & Noble and James P.C.Russell, by John Hammond […]

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Rhododendron Species, Vol 4, 2009

2009

Letters – Dr. M. L. A. Robinson and Philippe de Spoelberch

1997 Plant Hunting Expedition to West Bengal and Sikkim, India, by Steve Hootman

Sunningdale Nurseries in the 1950s: A view From the Bottom, by Alleyne Cook

A genetic comparison of eight Rhododendron macrophyllum populations in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, […]

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Rhododendron Species, Vol 3, 2008

2008

Rhododendron vaseyi in the Southern Appalachians, by Donald W. Hyatt and George Keen McLellan

Some Thoughts on High Altitude Rhododendron Species, by P. L. Cunnington

The Story of the Rhododendron Species Collection in Windsor Great Park, by Mark Flanagan

The Back Roads of South-central Sichuan China – Spring 2007, by Garratt Richardson […]

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Rhododendron Species, Vol 2, 2007

2007

Warren Berg—A Personal Remembrance, by Henry Schannen

Warren Berg’s Explorations in Asia, by Garratt Richardson

The Gorge of the Dulong, by Steve Hootman

Rhododendrons of the Philipines, by G.C.G. Argent

Rhododendron mendumiae and Some Other Philippine Introductions, by Bill Moyles […]

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Rhododendron Species, Vol 1, 2006

2006

(No longer available for sale.)

Introduction by Steve Hootman and Rick Peterson

The Seven Sisters of India, by Steve Hootman

Rhododendron calendulaceum: Variations in the Wild, by Don Hyatt and
George Maclellan

Rhododendron Cultivars, Their Nomenclature and International
Registration, by Chris Brickell[…]

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