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Click here to download file: 2012-Rhodo-Crosses-With-Qty. (11/10/12) I know it is a little presumptuous of me to list my 2012 crosses as I have just finished cleaning the seed and have not even planted them yet but it does…
(Written March, 2012 and placed on the Rhodo Chat room) For a long time now I have been interested in using Jean Marie in hybridizing East Coast plants. Jean Marie has been the parent of many special West Coast hybrids:…
An old, dear friend of mine, Sid Burns, taught me how to make my own rhododendron rooting hormone. I normally use a 2% IBA hormone and these instructions are for that concentration. On some cultivars I use 1% and on…
ORNAMENTALITY (Originally published in the ARS NY Chapter Newsletter around 1990. It is somewhat dated.) Ornamentality is what we are looking for, or at least should be looking for as rhododendron hybridizers. Not just new rhododendrons, ones that are tough,…
The Ironclad Rhododendrons Lest we forget—the Past is Prelude RICHARD MURCOTT the New York Chapter Published in the NY Chapter newsletter about 1990. Updated 3 We now hear very little about a group of hybrid rhododendrons that, when I started…
(As published in the ARS Journal, Winter, 2011) Now that we are ending the first decade of the 21st century, I thought it might be useful to step back a little and try to look at rhododendrons and how they…
Answering the Four Most Asked Questions About Rhododendrons. Sitting at information booths at flower shows. 1- Why did my rhododendron die? 2- Should I fertilize my rhododendrons? 3- How do I prune my rhododendrons? 4- Why do my rhododendrons…
Further regarding Whitestone: I have attached five pictures: Whitestone itself (in case you are not familiar with it), Whitestone open pollinated, Whitestone x (Dumper Yellow x Phipps 32), Whitestone x yakushimanum (not my cross) and Whitestone x Dexter’s Spice. Note the mauve color…
Dick Murcott Speaks On Paul Vossburg A transcript from a talk given by Dick at Planting Fields in 1980. (Please realize that this talk was given 37 yeas ago and as all transcripts of talks are, the syntax is not…
I have noticed in the past that many rhododendron enthusiasts have heard the words “polyploid”, “triploid” and “tetraploid” but are not really sure what the words mean and how the plants with this dscription came about. So here is an…