Does anyone know of a Al Bury? He donated a late pink yellow prunifolium that is blooming at the Arnold. He seems to have had some association with transplant...
John meant to say that Transplant Nursery gave the plant labeled prunifolium to the Arnold with its providence being from AL BURY. We thought that could be a...
Does ASA archive messages (old ones). Sally reloaded the XP disk and the only thing left was Bookmarks. All of the Favorites, messages I had catalogued into...
Joe, For the really old messages, go to the ASA Web site at www.azaleas.org and select the archives option in the menu at the left. -- William C. Miller III ...
this is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC Help! Is my Azalea dead? Most of the leaves are dead, however there are a few live green branches. I...
April Denning
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Aug 3, 2008 5:16 pm
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Hi April, If plant material is dead, it doesn't come back. From the images, the plant isn't entirely dead. However, if you keep over-watering it, you will...
Hi April, When Bill Miller said that live branches would have a green cross section, he actually means that a thin layer under the bark will be green. The...
I am a Master Gardener in Williamsburg Virginia. I received a inquiry form a friend of mine on an Azalea problem he is having. The e-mail stated "Hate to...
Richard Strenkowski
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Aug 5, 2008 7:05 pm
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Hi Rich, The damage is consistent with drought damage. Drought can cause entire branches or entire plants to die. We have had several years of drought here...
I was photographing some different forms of Smooth Azalea, Rhododendron arborescens, this week with macro settings on my camera. It seems that in my...
Mike I personally have a problem with this concept that a species can have 2 populations that bloom at nonoverlaying times. First I believe species is a...
Hi John, You state "I personally have a problem with this concept that a species can have 2 populations that bloom at nonoverlaying times." Let me give you a...
Steve As I stated I do not see why if 2 populations when colocated do not share DNA they should be considered the same species. Seems to me the main purpose...
One of the generally accepted criteria for a speciation of two isolated populations is the point at which hybrid offspring become "mules" or not viable at all....
My bad. I hate texting too but slip up sometimes, ... From: "Tom Schuetz" <schuetz101@...> ... Michael, I am sure that it took much , much less time...
Michael The question on species that interact is where does the species end and the hybrids begin. Clearly the 4ns, the 2ns, vaseyi, and canadense are 4...
[this is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC] How do I get a list of Azalea growers in Oregon and/or Washington? Sincerely, Floyd Lovejoy Portland, OR...
Floyd Lovejoy
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Aug 6, 2008 8:15 pm
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Just My Humble Opinion - Is that it ... From: Tom Schuetz <schuetz101@...> Subject: Re: [AZ] Re: Check your arborescens for hairs on the leaves To:...
Hi Floyd, For Oregon nurseries, go to the following Web site: http://www.nurseryguide.com/nurseryguide/search.lasso#plants Enter azalea in the plant name box...
The following contains links to several rhododendron and azaleas nurseries that have web sites. http://arsmc.org/links.aspx John Perkins Salem, NH ... will ......
Steve If you cross individuals from the late population and show that a certain percentage bloom somewhat earlier and if these cross you get earlier still and...
Arborescens seems to me one of our most distinctive native azalea species in terms of foliage. In my native azalea collection I grow nothing that is as smooth...
Is the 1996 ARS seed exchange record on line anywhere. I would like to know if Polly Hill or someone from her arboretum submitted any R. nakaharai seeds. Mike...
I think it depends. If I was some distinguished plant person, humble would work. Since I'm not a plant person, honest would be it. ... From: Mike Creel...
Mike, I checked my 1996 ARS seed exchange catalogue. As far as I can see, Polly Hill sent only three seed lots, all open pollinated species: #1539 R. maximum...
In the R. viscosum that bloom around Canobie Lake there is a range of foliage types some with very glaucous leaves and very few hairs along the stems and...
The ARS Seed Exchange lists from 1990 to 2008 are here in one form or another. Werner Brack did most of this work getting the earlier ones into pdf format. ...
Mike I believe the species definition used for Rhododendron states something to the effect 2 Rhododendron populations are different species if they differ in 2...