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Rhododendrons
More than 130 hybrid rhododendrons are displayed at Cornell Botanic Gardens, almost exclusively in the Bowers Rhododendron Collection. Here is a sampling of the rich variety you can explore in our collection.
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Rhododendron 'Vernus'
Carolina Rhododendron
Rhododendron carolinianum
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Rhododendron 'Windbeam'
Catawba Rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense 'Compactum'
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Rhododendron 'Waltham'
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Rhododendron 'Wyanokie'
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Rhododendron yakushimanum ssp. yakushimanum 'Ken Janeck'
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Rhododendron yakushimanum ssp. yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'
Catawba Rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense 'Grandiflorum'
Carolina Rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense 'Boursault'
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Rhododendron 'Anna H. Hall'
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Rhododendron 'Bosley Hybrid'
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Rhododendron 'Album Elegans'
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Rhododendron yakushimanum ssp. yakushimanum 'Yaku Angel'
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Rhododendron 'Besse Howells'
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Rhododendron 'Catawbiense Album'
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Rhododendron 'Gertrude Saxe'
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Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'
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Rhododendron 'English Roseum'
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Rhododendron 'Hudson Bay'
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Rhododendron 'Haaga'
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Rhododendron 'Helsinki University'
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Rhododendron 'Ginny Gee'
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Rhododendron 'Narcissiflorum'
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Rhododendron 'Lodestar'
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Rhododendron 'Janet Blair'
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Rhododendron 'Independence'
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Rhododendron 'Lavender Queen'
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Rhododendron 'Mary Fleming'
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Rhododendron 'Lee's Dark Purple'
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Rhododendron 'Macopin'
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Rhododendron 'Purpureum Elegans'
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Rhododendron 'Professor Amateis'
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Rhododendron 'Scintillation'
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Rhododendron 'Spring Frolic'
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Rhododendron 'Pink Flair'
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Rhododendron 'Olga Mezitt'
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Rhododendron 'Powell Glass'
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Rhododendron 'Parker's Pink'
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Rhododendron 'Smir-yak Compact Strain'
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Rhododendron 'Red River'
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Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla'Azaleas
The genus Rhododendron also includes the plants we commonly refer to as azaleas. Below are some highlights of the 28 azaleas in our collection.
Compact Korean Azalea
Rhododendron yedoense var. poukhanense 'Compactum'
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Floda'
Korean Azalea
Rhododendron yedoense var. poukhanense
Deciduous Azalea
Rhododendron 'My Mary'
Flame Azalea
Rhododendron calendulaceum
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Tri-Lights'
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Marydel'
White Pink-Shell Azalea
Rhododendron vaseyi 'White Find'
Plum-Leaved Azalea
Rhododendron prunifolium
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Rose-Shell Azalea
Rhododendron prinophyllum