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Sacha[_1_] · 11-08-2006, 11:20 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 11/8/06 20:17, in article lid, "Stewart Robert
Hinsley" wrote:

In message , Sacha
writes

Sorry if this is duplicated; the mail program decided to play up.

Is anyone growing this or do they know its preferences as to climate? We

It grows from Ceylon to the Himalayas and at a wide range of altitudes.
Climate preference might well depend on provenance.

I've seen it at Logan Botanic Garden (Wigtownshire), Muncaster Castle
(south west Cumbria) and Biddulph Grange (north Staffordshire). The last
is a little harsher than the coastal locations.

walked through Knightshayes garden this afternoon and there was quite an old
one of these in the final stages of flowering. The scent was delicious! We
have got two small R. Lady Alice Fitzwilliam through last winter and I
really would love to get R. arboreum if it will survive with us. Any
information will be most gratefully received.

The Rhododendron woods at Muncaster Castle have a lot of Rh. arboreum (I
think - they're not all labelled, so I'm dependent on recognising them
correctly.)

Many thanks, Stewart. All this gives me hope we can grow it here.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/