Visit by the Scottish
Rhododendron Society
On Friday the 13th
May we were honoured by a visit from members of the Scottish Rhododendron Society.
The society has amongst its members some of the foremost experts on
rhododendrons in the UK.
The visit
started in Ray Wood, Castle Howard where rhododendrons have been planted
since 1968, when Jim Russell transported the valuable historic collection
formed at the Sunningdale Nursery in Surrey to Ray Wood
Many of the plants are of historic importance, like
the Rhododendron thomsonii, which was raised at Sunningdale from seed of its original introduction by
Joseph Hooker
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After Ray Wood the
members visited the arboretum where they were impressed by a number of
rhododendrons collected in 1985 by Jim Russell and John Simmons, whilst they
were members of the joint RBG, Kew-Chinese Academy of Sciences expedition to
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