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Rhododendron Organization

keithnotrichard

18 years ago

I'm trying to categorize in my mind the major scientific groupings of rhodo/azalea. Right now I'm thinking "large leaf/small leaf" and things like that. Any suggestions?

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Embothrium
18 years ago
Rhododendron books have classification diagrams, maybe somewhere online too.
plantfreak
18 years ago
Here's a link to the American Rhododendron Society page that might help.

Here is a link that might be useful: Rhododendron Classification

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