We are about to sow our rhododendron seeds here at Burncoose and have been in the gardens collection moss to coat the pots. We will use this on top of the pots to mimic the natural environment which the seeds would germinate in the wild. The process can be found over on this link, where Charles Williams talks us through collecting rhododendron seeds.
We collected a whole bunch of rhododendron seed this year from both Burncoose and Caerhays, bellow is a list of some of the rarities we shall be trying and hopefully prolonging the future of:
Polar bear
Sinogrande
Arboreum Album
Grande
Irroratum
Niveum
Schlippenbachii
Williamsianum x callimorphum
Tethropeplum
Genestierianum
Obiculare
Weyrichii
Staminium
Arboreum Tony Shilling
Racemosum
Morii
Falconeri
Decorum
Flocciggerum
Williamsianum X Martinianum
Rh polar bear Moses Maroon
Pseudochrysanthum
Concinnum
Griffithianum
Floccigerum
Calophytum
Macabeanum
Fargesii
Arboreum (red form)
Oreodoxa Var Fargesii
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