I am looking for one or two dwarf rhododendrens or azaleas for my 'rockery'---and maybe some good sources...
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/garden_design/19487
I found this article with a few suggestions but I am wondering if anyone has plant suggestions for a midwestern garden--zone 6a...
Dwarf Rhododendrens? Suggestions?
I have an extensive website on Rhododendrons and their relatives. Here's a link to my page on Rock Garden Rhododendrons. Hopefully it will help provide some info for you.
http://www.nfldgarden.homestead.com/RockgardenHybrids.html
Todd--thank you for pointing me toward your web page on Dwarf Rhododendrons--what an excellent article with lots of detail on culture and varieties...
I am trying to determine if there is a nursery in Ohio or our area that features dwarf azaleas and rhodies---I know the Girards have done a lot of hybridizing along Lake Erie, but they only mention one dwarf on their website...
Perhaps you would know of a good rhodo/azalea nursery that stocks dwarfs in the Ohio Valley Region or even the Great Lakes Region?
Again thanks for all your research that you have shared. I found it most helpful. t.
p.s. I googled around a little bit and found this Weston's nursery in Massachusetts that features miniature azaleas and other evergreens and herbaceous plants that may be of interest to those looking for accents to their rock gardens... I could not get their 'miniatures' link to work, but if you google Weston's and "dwarf azalea" I think it will come up...
They have some interesting recommendations, although I can't say that I have ever dealt with them and know their quality. I will let you know if I decide to order one. t.
T., if you're now looking as far away as Massachusetts, you might as well take a look at the Miniature Plant Kingdom Website. I bought some beautiful miniature azaleas there (it's just up the road from my house) for $5.00 each. The link from Dave's Garden doesn't work, so you should try this one instead.
http://www.miniplantkingdom.com/
Thanks, Zuzu---You are lucky to have the Mini Plant Kingdom right up the road from your house. The inventory list sounds wonderful and I will surely send away for a couple of azaleas and rhododendrons. If not to plant outside, for my bonsai project... (I don't know if they will survive in our climate)...
After checking around here, I did find the Greenfield Plant Farm that carries a lot of mini and dwarf shrubs (didn't see azaleas). They are also specializing in dwarf hostas because of the new interest in them...
Thanks again for the site. t.
Tabasco, I wish you could visit the place in person. It's amazing. It's a huge place and they have a million tiny plants. The last time I went there, I saw a Cyclamen africanum I almost would have killed for, but it was the last one and had to be saved for propagation purposes. I was so disappointed that the owner gave me a bunch of free plants. He's a highly eccentric man. The first time I went there, he walked around the place with me, but I didn't know he was the owner. Every time we saw a plant that was sort of puny, he'd say: "Put that in your pocket. All it needs is some TLC." I assumed he was an employee who didn't want the boss to know he was giving plants away for free. When I was ready to check out, however, he was the one in the office that took my money, and I learned he was the boss. Funny guy.