This new edition of Success with Rhododendrons and Azaleas offers in one handy volume all the information gardeners need to grow these delightful plants. Reiley advises on selecting the best rhododendron cultivars for any site based on cold hardiness and heat tolerance and shares modern methods for transplanting containerized plants. The text has been fully updated for this revised edition, and presents the latest cutting-edge research. The indispensable "good-doer" lists have been refined, and a new chapter on North American native azaleas added. Reiley has included more than 100 color photographs illustrating these lavishly blooming shrubs. This improved version of an already popular reference is an invaluable tool for azalea and rhododendron fans.--COVER.

Rhododendrons & Azaleas profiles over 4,000 varieties of this highly popular and striking plant. Illustrated with 1,100 color photographs, each entry includes a description of the plant and flower col∨ notes on hardiness, height and spread, and flowering time; advice on cultivation and proven performers; and the name of the parent plants, the raiser, and similar varieties. Practical advice is also given on rhododendrons in the landscape, maintenance and husbandry, pests, diseases, problems and disorders, propagation, and buying and collecting rhododendrons, along with a brief history and a guide to their classification.

Providing a practical guide to growing the various types of Rhododendrons, this book includes colour illustrations featuring the magnificent plants at all times of the year. It also includes a brief history of the plant.'

Perhaps the most useful feature of this practical, hands-on book is the lists of "good doers," hybrids & species recommended by knowledgeable growers for the different climates & conditions found in specific locations throughout the United States, Canada, Britain, & Australia.

Did you know that North America is home to almost all the deciduous azaleas? These usually fragrant shrubs are quite suitable for a wide variety of garden environments. Contains all the horticultural aspects a gardener needs.