Rhododendron Research Network Rockin’ Around the Clock
May 29-30, 2025

A FREE virtual convention highlighting a global community of researchers, conservationists and members of the public working in genus Rhododendron 🪴🧪🌺

Convention schedule and registration:
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Greenhouse is filling up. Come see these plants 6 inches taller as our summer intern! The last one here under internships: holdenfg.org/career-and-i...

Internships at Holden this summer!

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Over the last couple years our program introduced 6 rhododendron hybrids to the nursery trade. Under Dr. David Leach's direction, the program introduced a multitude of fancy rhododendrons hardy to zone 5.

You may know Capistrano, Hong Kong, Janet Blair, Crete, Anna H. Hall, Rangoon, Party Pink, etc

For those interested in working at a US botanical garden, this is a great resource that I checked compulsively while job hunting: www.publicgardens.org/jobs/

All kinds of jobs, and a slew of internships are showing up now.

#publicgarden #botanicalgarden #horticulture #plantbiology #botany #jobs

Now that my house is covered in 2.5+ feet of snow, I NEED the most useful Twitter account over here

Cutting propagations tend to be out of sync with typical phenology. Here's Rhododendron ripense, a Japanese species we're interested in for neutral-high pH tolerance.

EV: Two new species of Vireya Rhododendron (Ericaceae), from Tambrauw, Papua, Indonesia by Mambrasar et al. The image shows R. mulyaniae, provisionally assessed as Critically Endangered due to fire, agriculture and human activities.
https://vist.ly/3mm2eez
@nordicoikos.bsky.social

Wonderful to see given my dogs destroy all my houseplants

Our two light carts currently represent over a year's worth of hand pollinations and wild seed collections. Rhododendrons and azaleas (and all Ericaceae? - there's Agarista and Kalmia there too) are frustratingly tiny for months. Flowers in 2-5 years. #seeds #propagation #horticulture #botanicgarden

Someone get the National Weather Service over here. It's the only thing keeping me on Twitter.

Is there a general horticulture starter pack? Or a woody plants one? #horticulture #starterpack And also a propagation one!

Hi... I'm Connor. My team breeds and conserves rhododendrons and azaleas capable of surviving our climate in Northeast Ohio.

Rhododendron kaempferi 'Dorsett', collected wild in Japan in 1930. Blooms in spring and fall. Named after PH Dorsett, a plant collector for USDA.