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
Rhododendron 'Vernus'Carolina Rhododendron
Rhododendron carolinianumRhododendron
Rhododendron 'Windbeam'Catawba Rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense 'Compactum'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Waltham'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Wyanokie'Rhododendron
Rhododendron yakushimanum ssp. yakushimanum 'Ken Janeck'Rhododendron
Rhododendron yakushimanum ssp. yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'Catawba Rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense 'Grandiflorum'Carolina Rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense 'Boursault'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Anna H. Hall'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Bosley Hybrid'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Album Elegans'Rhododendron
Rhododendron yakushimanum ssp. yakushimanum 'Yaku Angel'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Besse Howells'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Catawbiense Album'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Gertrude Saxe'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'English Roseum'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Hudson Bay'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Haaga'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Helsinki University'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Ginny Gee'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Narcissiflorum'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Lodestar'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Janet Blair'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Independence'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Lavender Queen'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Mary Fleming'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Lee's Dark Purple'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Macopin'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Purpureum Elegans'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Professor Amateis'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Scintillation'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Spring Frolic'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Pink Flair'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Olga Mezitt'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Powell Glass'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Parker's Pink'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Smir-yak Compact Strain'Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Red River'Rhododendron
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.