Richard Murcott

Richard Murcott

2019 Crosses And Results

2019 Crosses & Results Cross Number Description Results 19-01 Vulcan x elliottii NG 19-02 Vulcan x strigillosum NG 19-03 Vulcan x Maxine Childers NG 19-04 Vulcan x Fire Mountain NG 16-05 Vulcan x Red Gold NG 19-06 Vulcan x Nexus…

2017 Crosses and Results

  ` 2017 Crosses And Results as of 2/24/18 # Cross#       Description                                                                                 Seeds? # of seedlings 17-01 TT251 x Rubicorn no 17-02 Ellie Green x Rubicorn yes 17-03 (Peter Faulk x Red Crown) x elliottii yes 8 17-04…

2012 Pictures

These are pictures that I took in the 2012 season.  Many are repeated in other year’s pictures.  A few show how I root cuttings.       Cuttings stuck in bed. October 1st. The rooting mixture is peat and pearlite. …

The Rhododendron Show

     Every year the New York Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society holds two shows at Planting Fields Arboretum, one in April for early blooming rhododendrons and one in May for later blooming plants.      For rhododendrons, only the…

Growing Rhododendrons from seed.

How I grow rhododendron seed             Most people would never contemplate growing rhododendrons from seed, but it is a requirement if you want to find new hybrids.  There are some species rhododendrons that come true from seed and in…