Find out about an Outstanding Type of Rhododendron Which Makes a Superb Container Plant

There is a type of rhododendron which makes a superb container plant, and even performs greatly when pot bound, since many species are epiphytes in nature. https://growplumeriafrangipani.blogspot.com/2011/04/tropical-rhododendron-vireya.html These are vireya rhododendrons. https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v32n1/v32n1-leach.htm https://rhododendron.org/vireya/index.html https://rhododendron.org/vireya/gallery.htm https://www.rhododendron.org/vireya/archive/StevensNRBGE85.pdf https://www.rhododendron.org/vireya/archive/CallardRSF2011.pdf https://www.rhododendron.org/vireya/history.htm http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v46n1/v46n1-moynier.htm Many vireya hybrids were created in the Bay Area, especially at the San Francisco Botanical Garden which was the Strybing Arboretum. https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v45n1/v45n1-morebeck.htm https://www.rhododendron.org/vireya/archive/VV/VV75-0505.pdf In the Bay Area, vireyas can be seen at the Southeast Asia Cloud Forest area of the San Francisco Botanical Garden, at Peter Sullivan’s Vireya Garden at St. John the Evangelist Church, 65 St. Marys Avenue, San Francisco, the Vireya Garden of the Gardens at Lake Merritt in Oakland, and at the Australasia area of the University of California Botanical Garden. On Wednesday January 21, 2025 at 4 PM, at the Legallet Residence, 88 Selby Lane, Atherton 94027, the De Anza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society shall have a program by Christy Hatrsell on vireya rhododendrons. Christy, who lives in Palo Alto, grows several hundred vireyas in containers. https://eurekarhody.org/newsletters/2023/2023%20Eureka%20Chapter%20Newsletter%20-%20January.pdf https://www.rhododendron.org/vireya/archive/VV/VV73-0904.pdf For further information please go to https://www.deanza-ars.com/ There shall be a vireya given away as a door prize. For information about joining the De Anza Chapter please come to the meeting or go to https://www.rhododendron.org/membership.htm https://www.rhododendron.org/

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