Much to the horror of my European rhododendron friends, I am not a great fan of species rhododendrons. I know that the foliage characteristics can be beautiful, but I am much too much interested in high-ornamental flowers that, most of the time, species lack. I am listing here the very small number of species plants in my garden that I feel compete equally with hybrid rhododendrons. Adenopodum, Hardgrove form – Nearing had subscribed to the last Rock expedition to China and received adenopodum seed from Rock. He grew on about 60 seedlings and allowed Don Hardgrove to select the … Continue reading Rhodo Species In The Garden