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.

Rhododendron 'Vernus'

Rhododendron 'Windbeam'

Rhododendron 'Waltham'

Rhododendron 'Wyanokie'

Rhododendron yakushimanum ssp. yakushimanum 'Ken Janeck'

Rhododendron yakushimanum ssp. yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'

Rhododendron 'Anna H. Hall'

Rhododendron 'Bosley Hybrid'

Rhododendron 'Album Elegans'

Rhododendron yakushimanum ssp. yakushimanum 'Yaku Angel'

Rhododendron 'Besse Howells'

Rhododendron 'Catawbiense Album'

Rhododendron 'Gertrude Saxe'

Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'

Rhododendron 'English Roseum'

Rhododendron 'Hudson Bay'

Rhododendron 'Haaga'

Rhododendron 'Helsinki University'

Rhododendron 'Ginny Gee'

Rhododendron 'Narcissiflorum'

Rhododendron 'Lodestar'

Rhododendron 'Janet Blair'

Rhododendron 'Independence'

Rhododendron 'Lavender Queen'

Rhododendron 'Mary Fleming'

Rhododendron 'Lee's Dark Purple'

Rhododendron 'Macopin'

Rhododendron 'Purpureum Elegans'

Rhododendron 'Professor Amateis'

Rhododendron 'Scintillation'

Rhododendron 'Spring Frolic'

Rhododendron 'Pink Flair'

Rhododendron 'Olga Mezitt'

Rhododendron 'Powell Glass'

Rhododendron 'Parker's Pink'

Rhododendron 'Smir-yak Compact Strain'

Rhododendron 'Red River'

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.

Rhododendron yedoense var. poukhanense

Rhododendron 'My Mary'

Rhododendron calendulaceum

Rhododendron vaseyi 'White Find'

Rhododendron prunifolium

Rhododendron periclymenoides

Rhododendron prinophyllum

Rhododendron viscosum