In a message dated 3/30/2006 12:45:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mikeacreel@... writes: think that in YOUR area at any time toward the end of the...
jpbruso@...
Apr 1, 2006 12:43 pm
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Yesterday I stuck dormant cuttings of Davidia involucrata, the dove tree or handkerchef(sp?) tree, that I had been refrigerating since March 1, and they were...
So my best bet for a Rh. prunifolium X Bajaria cross is to use the Bejaria as the seed parent and prunifolium as pollen parent? They bloom concurrently and...
*La Brea* as the seed parent would reduce some of the incompatibilities. An F-1 R. prunifolium x R. ??? cross would produce some unreduced pollen or you could...
Our first rhododendron opened its first flower on April 1. It was R. dauricum. We have about a dozen different rhododendrons showing bud color. John Perkins ...
Do you have a catalog???? We have moved to the Tampa Area and are reluctant to plant azaleas again because we do not know much about flowers of the south....
Is Rh. dauricum evergreen or deciduous? I stuck some cuttings (mailed to me) recently and the leaves seemed immature after a short period of refrigeration....
Thanks for the beautiful photos. Looks like the Dodd 'Frederick Douglas is planted in full sun. Is that right? Will, 7a ... From: Robert M. Turley To:...
I have few questions on growing Vireyas, as I may have had a few seedlings overwinter outdoors here in the SOuth Carolina midlands. Are there any Vireyas, or...
While Vireyas are tropical, the subsection Pseudovireya is mostly temperate. They are not popular and pretty much unbreedable. Vireya will not survive in a...
In a message dated 02/04/2006 11:15:11 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, mikeacreel@... writes: HOw about maddeniis? I have a cross of minus with Rh. cubitii...
Mike R. dauricum is evergreen some more than others. The grp. sempervirens is the most evergreen and that is what most people grow. PJM is a cross of minus and...
I think you'll be a wealthy man if you had a zone 8 plant ... From: Mike Creel <mikeacreel@...> Reply-To: azaleas@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006...
The vireya discussion group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vireya/. I just joined. The rhododendron discussion group (for British and Canadians) is at ...
I understand that Rhododendron ponticum has become quite a pest in the United Kingdom, but it sure has some beautiful forms, which I saw while exploring the ...
Mike, the ponticum hybrids 'Chionoides' & the leggy 'Sappho' seem to do right well in the South. Will ... From: Mike Creel To: ASA Azaleaphiles Sent: Monday,...
Mike wrote Could it become a pest species? Mike I do not think those in the low land area of the south have to worry about introducing a rhododendron that...
Recently, someone wrote "Try msg # 4417 ." Not everyone knows how to do that. Here's a long-winded how. All our messages are numbered and archived at the yahoo...
How many times do azaleas bloom.I just got one and want to know if i can plant it outside? Deerwood,Minnesota,Barb...
deadwoodflower@...
Apr 3, 2006 3:56 pm
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... Actually, most of the participants in the Rhodo Group are USA Americans. However we do have the pleasure of having members from Argentina, Australia,...
... There are several reasons it became a pest in the UK. First, after it was introduced to the UK and Ireland in 1763, R. ponticum was extensively used as...
Thanks Bob for the explonation --- I should have added the steps to search for those previous msgs, or words, or members , etc. I presumed that we all know...
Steve: Thank you for an excellent reply on the aspects of Rhodendron ponticum as a pest species in the UK. What is the native habitat of ponticum like, and...
Mike, our native R. macrophyllum is slow growing as a juvenile, known for its poor root structure when grown from seed and difficult to root from cuttings. We...
... R. ponticum looks somewhat like R. macrophylum does in the west, or R. catawbiense does in the east. The three are related. The invasive R. ponticum is...
"I think that the British Isles root a lot of plants. Grafting rhododendrons was done in the USA until the 1960's when rooting became more common." When I...
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