Vireyas
Vireyas

Author: Jacqueline Walker

Publisher: Timber Press (OR)

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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This highly illustrated guide is an introduction to the exciting possibilities of growing vireya rhododendrons. It includes fascinating information on the discovery and cultivation history of these relative newcomers. Interesting accounts of how vireyas grow in the wild provide valuable clues to their requirements in cultivation. Practical advice is given on growing vireyas successfully in mild climates and in containers, caring for and maintaining healthy, attractive plants; propagation; pests and diseases. Suggestions are given for using vireyas in warm climate landscapes, including lists of species and hybrids with notable attributes and a discussion of suitable companion plants. A descriptive list of species and many of the numerous hybrids in cultivation throughout the world will help readers choose suitable plants.

Accepted Names in Rhododendron Section Vireya
Accepted Names in Rhododendron Section Vireya

Author: George Argent

Publisher: Royal Botanic Garden

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781872291567

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This booklet lists all currently accepted Vireya names together with their synonyms and a complete alphabetical listing of all published names. It has been produced to draw together the main taxonomic changes that have occurred at the species level or below since Professor Sleumer's major publication in Flora Malesiana in 1966.

Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia
Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia

Author: Roger Spencer

Publisher: UNSW Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 674

ISBN-13: 9780868403038

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Flowering Plants: Dicotyledons Part 1is the second in the series. Covering South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and southern Queensland, the series is a useful guide to temperate plants in other parts of Australia and in New Zealand.

CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names

Author: Umberto Quattrocchi

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1999-11-22

Total Pages: 647

ISBN-13: 0849326788

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This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from R to Z.

Tales of the Rose Tree
Tales of the Rose Tree

Author: Jane Brown

Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781567923124

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"From the towering Burmese magnificum, with its three-foot-diameter trunk and its masses of sweet-smelling purple flowers, to the potted pink azalea, glowing like a burning bush on the backyard garden patio, Rhododendron is a genus of infinite variety and beauty. There are 1,025 known species: it is a native of the snows of the Himalayas and the swamps of the Carolinas, the jungles of Borneo and the island inlets of Japan. It is also one of the oldest of plants - many believe the dove that returned to Noah's ark was carrying a rhododendron sprig - although it has been known to western horticulture for only 300 years. The curious history of Westerners and rhododendrons is full of swashbuckling plant collectors and visionary gardeners, colonial violence and ecological destruction, stunning botanical successes and bitter business disappointments. And it is here related with consummate skill by Jane Brown, an English garden writer."--BOOK JACKET.