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Curator, Steve Hootman remembers climbing a 30 ft. tree of this species in a remote ravine in western China and looking out over stands of the species \u003cem\u003ehuanum, ochraceum, lutescens, ririei,\u003c\/em\u003e etc. – a remarkable setting for a remarkable species. Easy and very attractive in light shade.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden","offers":[{"title":"1 Gallon","offer_id":42890945888323,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/3865\/4275\/files\/11-R._asterochnoum_382.jpg?v=1769446737"},{"product_id":"rhododendron-macabeanum","title":"Rhododendron macabeanum RSBG","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf all the fantastic big-leaf species in cultivation, this is one of the best all-around garden plants. Easy to grow in light shade, this species has large and rounded leaves with a whitish to buff woolly indumentum on the lower surface. 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A fantastic species, one of the last to bloom here in the garden (late July or early August), with large leaves and showy white (rarely pink), highly fragrant flowers. Because this species occurs in a more climatically continental region of China than most other species with large leaves, it is more tolerant of heat and cold extremes. Grown from seed collected in a newly explored region far to the south of where this species has been recorded previously - a real surprise. Stunning foliage on this collection, the leaves are enormous!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden","offers":[{"title":"2 Gallon","offer_id":43631770468419,"sku":null,"price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/3865\/4275\/files\/008-R.auriculatumP1000042.jpg?v=1767820412"},{"product_id":"rhododendron-maoerense-rsbg-2g","title":"Rhododendron maoerense  RSBG (2g)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautiful species which is quite new to cultivation. This is a large-growing Fortunea and is similar to the species \u003cem\u003efortunei\u003c\/em\u003e but with much larger and longer, very shiny leaves. The flowers are somewhat similar as well but more purple-pink (darker than those of \u003cem\u003eR. fortunei\u003c\/em\u003e) and about a month earlier in the season. These are grown from hand-pollinated seed produced here at the RSBG from plants grown from wild seed. Native to the same mountain in southern China as \u003cem\u003eR. yuefengense\u003c\/em\u003e so we are assuming it will be of similar hardiness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden","offers":[{"title":"2 Gallon","offer_id":43631782821955,"sku":null,"price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/3865\/4275\/files\/085-P1020336.jpg?v=1768247712"},{"product_id":"rhododendron-fortunei-ssp-fortunei-round-leaf-form-2g","title":"Rhododendron fortunei ssp. fortunei  (“Round-Leaf Form”) (2g)","description":"\u003cp\u003e These are seedlings grown from a hand-pollination here at the RSBG utilizing what we are currently calling R. \u003cem\u003efortunei\u003c\/em\u003e (round-leaf form). 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Quite rare in the wild, two separate expeditions have failed to locate this species in the Jinggang Shan of western Jiangxi where it is thought to be endemic. This appears to be an isolated, far eastern extension of the \u003cem\u003ecalophytum\u003c\/em\u003e complex. Grown from hand-pollinated seed produced here in the RSBG. Massive leaves on these beautiful specimens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden","offers":[{"title":"3 Gallon","offer_id":43631873556547,"sku":null,"price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/3865\/4275\/files\/065-P1090508.jpg?v=1768322908"},{"product_id":"rhododendron-magnificum-kr-11242","title":"Rhododendron magnificum  KR#11242","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the rarest of the big-leaf species in cultivation, closely related to \u003cem\u003eprotistum (“giganteum”).\u003c\/em\u003e The similar large leaves develop their thin indumentum at a much younger age than that species and the flowers also appear much sooner in its long life. The large flowers (early spring) range in color from rose to deep reddish-purple. These are grown from seed collected in a newly explored region of the eastern Himalaya and represent one of the first re-introductions of this rare species from the wild. 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