- Overlooked Glenn Dale Azaleas BY BARBARA L. BULLOCK
A closer look at a number azalea cultivars that warrant a place in nursery
production that are only just beginning to become readily available in
nurseries!
- But I Don’t Like Pink, Daddy! BY PAUL ROGERS
How to analyze and predict the results of a rhododendron cross. The third
and final article in a series that discusses
practical application of the fundamental processes underlying the genetics
of hybridizing.
- Collection of Winter-hardy Rhododendrons at the Central Siberian
Botanical Garden, Russia BY ELENA CHERNYKH AND TATYANA NOVIKOVA
Finding cold hardy rhododendrons that grow in the extreme climate of
Siberia, and the challenges involved in trying to culture them from buds at
the base of ovaries with pedicels.
- Phytophthora ramorum and kernoviae BY IAN WRIGHT
A discussion of Sudden Oak Death in the UK, its characteristics, impacts and
the ways that the National Trust is trying to minimize infection spread.
- Tips for Beginners: Wind Chill Effect on Rhododendrons BY ALAN CAMPBELL
Discussion of how wind and low temperatures affect plants by both freezing
and increasing the evaporation of moisture.
- Tips for Beginners: Fertilizing Rhododendrons the Organic Way BY TERRY
RICHMOND
The “green” way to feed your rhododendrons, and recipes to make your own
organic fertilizer and filler.
- Tips for Beginners: How Plants Survive Dry Summers
Learn what your plants do to during a dry summer, and how to create a garden
with plants adapted to dry conditions.
- The Word: Taxonomy BY BRUCE PALMER
How people have ordered the plant world to their own satisfaction, and why
some species plants have such weird names.
- Glossary: Dimorphic and Deciduous BY DONALD H. VOSS
Sorting out the differences between these two botanical terms, and why it is
inappropriate to associate meaning of the term deciduous with “bimorphic.
- Dwarf Rhododendrons for Containers and Small Garden Spaces BY RON KNIGHT
To minimize problems associated with planting rhodos that will ultimately be
too large for the available space, suggestions on how to use small
rhododendrons and which ones to choose.
- The 2008 New Zealand Rhododendron Conference BY NORMA SENN
The glories of a rhododendron bloom season during October/November – travel
to the 2008 New Zealand Rhododendron Conference in Geraldine on the South
Island.
- Western Regional Conference, 2009 BY BILL MILLER
All the reasons you should attend the Western Regional in Federal Way,
Washington, in September, 2009.
- Species Profile: Rhododendron triflorum BY STEVE HOOTMAN
A relatively uncommon species in today’s gardens that is quite ornamental
with its beautiful, glossy, smooth and exfoliating, pale to deep chocolate
brown bark, aromatic shiny foliage, and late season, more or less yellow,
though small, flowers.
- Best Bloomers: A Vireya Starter List from Hawaii BY SHERLA BERTELMANN
A list of ten exceptional vireyas chosen by a veteran Hawaii grower.
- Another Garden Tip: Propagating Rhodos by Layering
A way to increase your rhododendron collection when rhodos are in need of
pruning!
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