Below is a short selection of garden books. For a comprehensive list of what is currently available please use this book catalog link to go to complete PDF list. Click here for a PDF version of the order form.

Encyclopedia of Rhododendron Species, The Revised Edition
Peter and Kenneth Cox. 1997 - This book includes botanical descriptions of all the species of rhododendrons (excluding Vireyas) in cultivation; notes on how to recognize and identify each species; brief cultural information; over 1,500 superb photographs, showing the species close up and in the wild; and new information on classification and current taxonomic thought.

Greer’s Guidebook to Available Rhododendrons, Harold E. Greer, 1988.

This revised edition features more than 2,000 rhododendrons, hybrids, and species are detailed including plant parentage, hardiness, and size. Advice on planting, care, disease, pests, and propagation is also covered. Marvelous, new, color photographs of 450 rhododendrons. Great for beginners!

Success with Rhododendrons and Azaleas, H. E. Reiley, 2004.  

Illustrated with more than 80 striking color photographs and packed with advice and tips on every aspect of rhododendron growing from soil preparation and landscape design to advanced propagating and hybridizing techniques, this is a most useful book on one of the most spectacular of flowering shrubs.

American Azaleas, L. Clarence Towe, 2004.

This book features the beautiful native azaleas of the United States and Canada. Bursting with blossoms of red, orange, pink, yellow, or white and often with a wonderful fragrance these beauties are quite suitable for a wide variety of garden environments. Packed with horticultural information.

These books are available at the RSBG Gift Shop or by mail through the Gift Shop book catalog. Phone 253-661-9377 for more information. (Closed Thurs. & Fri.)

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