Month December 2010

Polyploid Hybridizing

I have noticed in the past that many rhododendron enthusiasts have heard the words “polyploid”, “triploid” and “tetraploid” but are not really sure what the words mean and how the plants with this dscription came about.  So here is an…

Where have all the people gone?

In 1962 I started to get involved in what I call “Organized Horticulture”.  At that time there were many civic, religious and horticultural organizations.  Every church and temple had a men’s club, woman’s club, single’s club, couple’s club etc.  There…

The Species Look

I  recently returned from the Northeast Regional Conference held in New Jersey in November 2005. It was a terrific meeting with everything done beautifully. There are, though, some comments I’d like to make. The theme of the meeting, the “Species…

Containers are Murder!

The following article first appeared in the New York Chapter newsletter, The Rhodora, Winter 1995. Richard Murcott East Norwich, New York During the last 15 to 20 years, the nursery industry has changed the way they grow and ship rhododendrons.…