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Maggi Young

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Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« on: November 15, 2006, 11:10:51 AM »
Yippee! The esteemed Mr Website Admin has consented to a Rhododendron file.
These are my most favourite group of plants, along with their relatives in the family ericaceae
and I hope enough of you are interested to find these files of value. If not, I'll just keep posting anyway, in the hope of breaking down your resistance.
I'll start things off with a shot of a Rhodo flowering today, in November, in Aberdeen. This is a plant which is good for throwing a flower anytime through from late July right through  until its mani flowering period in May. It is Rhododendron sargentianum.  EEK! No it is not! it is Rhod. saluenense ssp. chameunum ! Had a blockage in the little grey cells, there, SORRY.... I cannot change  the file names of the photos, I'm afraid, so please bear with my error!
Ian has hidden cameras somehow or taken them away with him so I'll show old shots. Plant today has around half a dozen small flowers across it, not bad for this time of year.
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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2006, 02:12:35 PM »
 :)

I for one will be a regular visitor of Rhododendron pages Maggi - do post along !
I'll join you in spring.
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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2006, 08:35:37 PM »
Quote from: Luc Gilgemyn on November 15, 2006, 02:12:35 PM
:)

I for one will be a regular visitor of Rhododendron pages Maggi - do post along !
I'll join you in spring.


I love 'em but, as with most things, I grow them badly and blame the Devon climate. :)
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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2006, 08:37:24 PM »
does anyone know anything about the new black leaves Rhodie from Glendoick? As shown in, dare I say, the Sun a few weeks back
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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2006, 06:44:41 PM »
Not on page 3 I suppose :o
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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2006, 02:55:35 PM »
Mark, see the Glendoick website for some more info. It is a well thought out site, I like it.

This is the page:
http://www.glendoick.com/content.php?page=redfoliage

I think that red/purple is more accurate than "black"... interesting though.
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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2006, 08:14:19 AM »
It would be nice if every garden could have some !.Unfortunately while Vireya Rhodos.can be placed out in the open garden down here for the next 4/5 months they need to be placed under cover to survive the winter.
Vireya Just Peachy --currently in bloom--a prolific flowerer eventually reaching 1 metre in height.

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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2006, 08:20:21 AM »
Still haven't figured out how to post more than one pic within a posting.Here's a shot of the above mentioned Rhodo showing the full plant.
Cheers Dave.
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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2006, 01:38:51 PM »
No matter how many posts you needed to get the pix across Dave, it was worth while : beautiful plant.
Thanks
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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2006, 12:01:13 AM »
Maggi it's the thought of spring and Rhodos - I like them all - that keeps us going at this time of the year. I'm afraid a lot of mine are too big too be called rock garden plants. Here are a couple from last spring..

Rhodo Calophytum which has wonderful new foliage followed by Cinnabarinum and a spring view to keep me going



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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2006, 12:15:19 AM »
How right you are, Ian... hope and expectation is what really drives us, isn't it? So nice to have a photo of you now... Makes things much more homely. I think we have proved already on the pages of this new forum, never mind in those of the old one, that we are very broad-minded about our plants... after all, depends on how big your rocks are, doesn't it?  I personally believe that bigger plants, shrubs and trees are essential to building a complete garden, with or without rock garden and alpine plants and I think that most of us here agree... witness these great pix from your garden and all the others we see on these pages.
I am just drooling over that R. calophytum... what a stunner and what a size the stigma is!
We've removed our cinnabarinum/ types... too susceptible to powdery mildew here.....but I do miss them.
Just realised when I saw your Magnolia that we don't have those any more either. Used to have a few smaller ones, they did not do well for us and I gave them all away so they could live a better life elswhere!
I would so love to have somewhere to keep some (lots) of Vireyas... I adore them!
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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2006, 08:52:26 AM »
Yes Maggi most of my Cinnarbarinum types have departed for the same reason but by planting rooted cuttings in various and some unpromising spots I have a couple which thrive including the hybrid Lady Chamberlain,

Here is a smaller one that's a bit tricky outside but with a little protection it is beginning to make some headway. Cephalanthum Crebliflorum.
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« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2006, 03:23:03 AM »
Mmmmm... some very nice Rhododendrons in here.  Thanks for the great pics and info everyone.
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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2007, 01:54:42 AM »
Losing cinnabarinums to disease was very upsetting, so I buy any wild-collected seed I can get. I am sure there must be some with resistance - I just have to grow enough to find them.  It's a good thing they are slender.
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Re: Rhododendron... every garden should have some
« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2007, 11:37:13 AM »
Yes, Diane, slenderness can have some real positives!
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