great laurel
great rhododendron
rosebay rhododendron
American rhododendron
rhododendron maxima latin

He can retire on greater laurels than any Patrol colonel in the last three hundred years.

As phenomenal as had been Trumbull's season, the Canton High eleven had won greater laurels.

Really, OPASS jumped upon her success in Sports to achieve great laurels in academic work.

His research and educational leadership brought him great laurels and prestige in the 1980s, which prompted the government to initiate an advanced missile programme under his directorship.

Some critics felt Bow had conquered new territory: "(Bow) presents a whimsical touch to her work that adds greater laurels to her fast ascending star of screen popularity."

Conducting experiments on particles which also released tremendous amount of radiation, was lifelong passion of Bhabha, and his leading edge research and experiments brought great laurels to Indian physicists who particularly switched their fields to nuclear physics, one of the most notable being Piara Singh Gill.

The evergreen Great Rhododendron (') is characteristic of moist stream valleys.

The owner of the garden was a great rhododendron enthusiast and steadily introduced them into the garden from 1960 onwards.

It grieved me to see how they had stripped the great Rhododendron and the lesser Kalmias.'

USDA Plants Profile of Rhododendron maximum (great rhododendron)

Common understory species include Rhododendron maximum (greater rhododendron) in moister conditions and Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) in drier conditions.

After inheriting Lydney Park in 1980 Bledisloe did much to promote and improve the estate and the garden (created by his father), which is one of the great rhododendron and azalea gardens in the country.

Also common are willow, pipestem, glade St. Johns-wort, great rhododendron, hobblebush, smooth arrowwood, wild raisin, ninebark, alternate-leaved dogwood, bunchberry, winterberry holly, mountain holly, swamp rose, the Appalachian endemic longstalked holly and many more.

Rhododendron maximum - its common names include great laurel, great rhododendron, rosebay rhododendron, American rhododendron and big rhododendron - is a species of Rhododendron native to the Appalachians of eastern North America, from Nova Scotia south to northern Alabama.

Wending our way through the great rhododendron collection, we followed paths through dense plantings, 25 to 30 feet high, of varieties from all over the Himalayas and Southeast Asia (many labeled, some not, the case throughout the garden): Sikkim, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Korea and southwest China among them.

Rosebay rhododendron also grows on banks along the park's rivers.

Q.I want to plant a rosebay rhododendron but cannot find any for sale.

Rosebay rhododendron is a slow-growing shrub and has a very high sprout potential.

Rosebay rhododendron is an important structural and functional component of southern Appalachian forest ecosystems.

The mechanism(s) by which rosebay rhododendron reduces seedling survival has been the subject of much debate.

Yet, rosebay rhododendron now occupies sites that historically were free of evergreen understory.

The falls is located in an area rich with mosses, eastern hemlock, and Rosebay Rhododendron.

Seeds from rosebay rhododendron are minute and it is estimated that approximately 11 million are contained in 1 kg.

Rosebay rhododendron maintains deep-green foliage year round.

The trail passes through thickets of mountain laurel and rosebay rhododendron along the way, and crosses the creek at one point.

Rosebay rhododendron is clonal.

Rosebay rhododendron is a striking and aesthetically pleasing feature of mesic southern Appalachian forests.

By July, ferns fill the forest and soak in the spray of the falls, with rosebay rhododendron in bloom.

Each generation of Pequot children since the debacle has heard that the rosebay rhododendrons growing wild in the swamp bloom red in remembrance.

The native rosebay rhododendron, or great laurel (Rhododendron maximum), is hardy to Zone 3, late blooming and almost trouble free.

Typical subcanopy trees and shrubs include flowering dogwood, striped maple, sweetshrub, and rosebay rhododendron.

Rosebay rhododendron is associated with reduced woody and herbaceous seedling abundance throughout its range, and hence poses a serious impediment to the production of wood products.

The quarter-mile trail begins near the entrance of the park's popular RV camping area and leads hikers into a moist north-facing cove filled with rosebay rhododendron.

The significance of this movement onto previously unoccupied sites centers around the impacts of rosebay rhododendron on plant succession (Clinton and Vose 1996) and resource availability (Nilsen et al. 2001).

The Catawba rhododendron has purple flowers in May and June, while the rosebay rhododendron has longer leaves and blooms white or a light pink in June and July.

For all its prized qualities as a naturally occurring component of the landscape or as plantings in residential and commercial landscaping, rosebay rhododendron can have an inhibitory effect on regeneration of other plant species.

Heathdale - ericaceous and Appalachian Plants, including Catawba and Rosebay rhododendrons (Rhododendron catawbiense and R. maximum), azaleas (Rhododendron spp.)

For example, on poorly drained sites on ridge or upper slope positions, large areas of rosebay rhododendron, particularly at the high elevations, have recently died out presumably due to the phytophthora fugus, or due to recent prolonged periods of below-average precipitation.

Rhododendron maximum - its common names include great laurel, great rhododendron, rosebay rhododendron, American rhododendron and big rhododendron - is a species of Rhododendron native to the Appalachians of eastern North America, from Nova Scotia south to northern Alabama.

American Rhododendron Society Return to the Top of this page.

That was the year he went to a meeting of the American Rhododendron Society, seeking information on rhododendrons for use in his passion, bonsai.

The American Rhododendron Society will hold its annual flower show from 1 to 4 P.M. Sunday.

The American Rhododendron Society is offering a talk on rhododendron varieties in China during its meeting tonight at 8.

American Rhododendron Society: What is an Azalea?

Published in the Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society, Vol.

Not only does the American Rhododendron Society have a web site but another excellent site holds a rhododendron forum.

The organization was founded in 1964 by members of the American Rhododendron Society to develop a comprehensive collection of the rhododendron species.

New York Botanical Garden, American Rhododendron Society 1980.

Mr. Lee, who has collected plants in China, will give the talk as part of a meeting of the American Rhododendron Society.

The American Rhododendron Society spring sale of rhododendrons and azaleas will start at 11 A.M. Saturday.

It also contains a fine rhododendron display garden maintained by the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society.

Then Henry Schannen, chairman of the American Rhododendron Society Research Foundation, took me on a sniffing tour.

(The journal was first established in April 1947 as the Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society.)

"Two Large Rhododendrons" (Aurora, Oregon: American Rhododendron Society), 1977.

In 2001, the American Rhododendron Society in Eugene, Oregon awarded him a citation in appreciation of his many services to the horticultural world.

In 1991, the American Rhododendron Society presented him with the posthumous award of "Pioneers Achievement Award", a rarely given honour.

Tonight at 8 P.M., the American Rhododendron Society will sponsor a free illustrated talk on hybridizing rhododendrons in Nova Scotia.

The American Rhododendron Society is sponsoring a lecture on rhododendron varieties suitable for small gardens at 2 P.M. on Sunday.

The WNARSP is documenting the detailed range and forms of all of the western North American rhododendron species.

The American Rhododendron Society's local chapter started working with THPRD in 1982 to restore the rhododendron garden on the property.

The American Rhododendron Society will sponsor a free class on propagating rhododendrons and azaleas on Saturday beginning at 10 A.M., in the arboretum annex.

LEAD: A calendar listing in The Home Section yesterday misstated the date for two classes given by the American Rhododendron Society.

Among the most cold-tolerant of the genus, this deciduous plant had been recommended to me for its ease of care by an officer of the American Rhododendron Society.

At that moment I realized that there is a complete lack of understanding of what the American Rhododendron Society is about, and what the Society offers.