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Rhododendrons are shrubs that Pacific Northwest gardeners and non-gardeners are crazy about. It is a rare garden that doesn't have at least one rhododendron in it. It would be a good choice to have a good rhododendron book in your library.
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The Pacific Coast Rhododendron Story: The Hybridizers, Collectors and Gardens
Sonja Nelson
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- Written by Northwest horticulurist and gardener, Sonja brings us the story of our native rhododendrons.
Rhododendrons A Care Manual
Kenneth N. E. Cox
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- Book Description: Rhododendrons and azaleas are some of most popular and beautiful flowering shrubs, with over 800 species in existence and thousands of hybrids developed. Following in the footsteps of his father Peter and grandfather Euan, author Kenneth Cox runs the family nursery at Glendoick Gardens, home to one of the world's most impressive collections of rhododendrons and azaleas. His Manual is a beautifully photographed step-by-step guide to the cultivation, care, and many varieties of rhododendrons.
Rhododendrons and Azaleas
Geoff Bryant
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- Book Description: Rhododendrons have it all -- beautiful flowers, magnificent foliage and an ability to thrive in a wide range of climates. The genus Rhododendron (to which azaleas belong) always has something to surprise and delight the gardener. With more than 1000 species, and many thousands of cultivars, there are plants in a huge variety of form, color and size -- something to suit every need, every taste and every location.
This guide for North American gardeners will help the novice and the experienced gardener get the best from their rhododendrons and azaleas. Beginning with a history of rhododendrons in cultivation and a fascinating discussion on the development of the most popular species and varieties, the book includes expert advice and information about:
- deciduous azaleas
- evergreen azaleas
- assessing your climate
- garden design
- cultivation, maintenance and propagation
- soil and nutrition
- choosing plants for flower and leaf color
- pests and diseases
- pruning.
The author shares his personal recommendations of over 390 varieties of rhododendron and azalea, as well as practical tips gained from his many years of professional experience growing and hybridizing rhododendrons and azaleas. This is an inspiring and very useful handbook on these much-admired plants.
Rhododendrons of China
Young
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- This book was prepared for by the Rhododendron Species Foundation and American Rhododendron Society.
Rhododendron Hybrids (Includes Selected, Named Forms of Rhododendron Species)
Homer E. Salley and Harold E. Greer
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- Book Description: This award winning book is based on the journals maintained at Greer Gardens, this pedigree book of some 5000 hybrids is organized by grex so that hybrids of the same parents are listed together, with cross-references from the hybrid name. The photographs are all different from those in the first edition.
Rhododendrons in the Landscape
Sonja Nelson
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- Book Description: Sonja Nelson, editor of the Journal American Rhododendron Society, offers guidance on how best to use rhododendrons in woodland and alpine rock gardens, small gardens, and elements such as island beds, containers, hedges, and water features.
Rhododendron Portraits
D. M. Van Gelderen
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- Book Description: This beautiful work by two great Dutch plantsmen presents the largest selection of color photographs of elepidote rhododendron species, varieties, hybrids, and cultivars ever gathered in one volume, a lavish tribute to the most spectacular of flowering shrubs.
The Rhododendron Species: Volume III: Elepidotes continued
H. H. Davidian
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- Book Description: A complete taxonomic and historical account of the cultivated species of Rhododendron, with keys for identification of the series and species. Its scope and thoroughness, the fruit of more than 40 years' research at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, are incomparable.
Rhododendron Species: Volume IV: Azaleas
H. H. Davidian
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- Book Description: The 104 species of azaleas are here classified into five subseries, with keys. The full-size line drawings aid identification; the color photographs show azaleas in their native habitats and in cultivation.
Success with Rhododendrons and Azaleas Revised Edition
H. Edward Reiley
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- Book Description: Illustrated with more than 110 striking color photographs and packed with advice on every aspect of rhododendron growing, from soil preparation and landscape design to advanced propagating and hybridizing techniques, this is the most useful book on these spectacular flowering shrubs. Reiley has fully updated his practical, hands-on approach with more of the detailed information that gardeners need to choose and grow these luxuriant, beautifully blossoming plants. Preorder for May 2004 delivery!
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