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Rhododendron Societies

American Rhododendron Society - British Columbia
Website for ARS District One (British Columbia). It lists local chapters, meetings, plant sales, garden tours, Rhododendron of the Year Awards.

Link location District 1 - American Rhododendron Society
Submitted by Bill
Submitted date 1 Sep 2004; last confirmed 12 Nov 2015

American Rhododendron Society - Members worldwide
Has a searchable plant database, garden locations, activities, chapter contacts.

Link location Visit Rhododendron Gardens and Parks Around the World
Submitted by fourd
Submitted date 2 Feb 2005; last confirmed 12 Nov 2015

Fraser South Rhododendron Society
This group meets monthly in Langley, BC. The website has a newsletter and a photo gallery.

Link location Fraser South Rhododendron Society | Fraser South Rhododendron Society
Submitted by bruce, link updated by wcutler
Submitted date 2 May 2004; last confirmed 12 Nov 2015


Journal American Rhododendron Society
Includes both:
Journal American Rhododendron Society, ISSN 0745-7839
The Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society, ISSN 0003-0821

A few examples of the many great articles contained in the link above:

TIPS FOR BEGINNERS: GOOD SOIL PROMISES RHODY SUCCESS
Harold Greer
JARS v46n1 - Tips for Beginners: Good Soil Promises Rhody Success

TIPS FOR BEGINNERS: GETTING STARTED WITH RHODODENDRONS
Karen Shuster
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
JARS v48n3 - Tips for Beginners: Getting Started With Rhododendrons

THE SATSUKI AZALEAS
Harold Greer, Eugene, OR
JARS v38n4 - The Satsuki Azaleas

Link location: Journal American Rhododendron Society
Submitted by JT1
Submitted date 29 May 2019; last confirmed 29 June 2019

Vancouver Rhododendron Society
Local chapter of the American Rhododendron Society, holds monthly meetings. The website has videos of some Garden Bouquet presentations by Douglas Justice, has a record of previous meetings, and a photo gallery.

Link location Vancouver Rhododendron Society
Submitted by Daniel Mosquin, link updated by wcutler
Submitted date 29 Apr 2004; last confirmed 12 Nov 2015

Links to Rhododendron sites

Greer Gardens
The garden in Eugene, Oregon closed in 2015, but they have left behind extensive photo galleries, one for species rhododendrons and one for hybrids; the implication is that these were the last available plants. The link is now to an archive of the site. Clicking on Hybrids or Species under Rhododendrons on the home page takes you to pages arranged alphabetically where you can scroll through about 100 names and photos at a time. On the hybrids and species pages, there is a link to the Rhododendron Picture Gallery, where the galleries are also split by hybrid or species, arranged alphabetically, showing about 100 or so small photos on a page, so you can get an overview of very many at one time, which you can click on one-by-one.

Link location Rare and Unusual Plants for Mail Order: Acers, Azaleas, Rhododendrons
Submitted by wcutler
Submitted date 05 May 2016; confirmed missing on 2 Jun 2019

Hirsutum.info
The purpose of this website is to give an overview (photos and information) of as many rhododendron species and cultivars (hybrids) as possible. A virtual botanical garden. A virtual arboretum. An online database with information and pictures.
This site was archived 20181218 and is available at archive.org. Most features except for Search appear to be working.

Link location Hirsutum.info a virtual arboretum: all about rhododendrons, azaleas, azaleodendrons and vireyas (archive.org)
Submitted by Herman56 and janetdoyle; Douglas Justice and wcutler
Submitted date 30 Jun 2009; last confirmed 2 Feb 2021

Rhodo Garden
Personal website of Kristian Theqvist, president of the Finnish Rhododendron Society. Has photos of his hybrids and rhododendrons in his garden.

Link location Rhododendron and Azalea Garden in Archipelago Forest by Kristian Theqvist
Submitted by Harri Harmaja
Submitted date 7 Jan 2010; last confirmed 12 Nov 2015

Rhododendron Association, Danish Chapter of the ARS
You can browse very good photos of a lot of rhododendron species, and there is a search facility. The site went down as I was testing it to write this; I will remove it if it is too unreliable. The link here is to the English version, accessed by clicking the English flag button on the home page.

Link location Rhododendronforeningen Danish Chapter of ARS
Submitted by wcutler
Submitted date 8 Nov 2018; last confirmed 8 Nov 2018

Ted and Mary Greig Rhododendron Garden Walks
List with a map of 50 rhododendrons planted in the Ted and Mary Grieg Rhododendron Garden in Stanley Park (in Vancouver, BC). There are also files of walking tours by the month, highlighting rhododendrons and other plants and trees of particular interest, including descriptions and photographs for ease of identification.

There is some history of the garden at this Vancouver Rhododendron Society page:
Vancouver Rhododendron Society

Link location Vancouver Park Board - Stanley Park Rhododendrons

Submitted by wcutler
Submitted date 25 May 2009; last confirmed 18 May 2019