MASON-DIXON CHAPTER, ARS

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'Yellow Cloud' hybridized and photographed by Don Hyatt				'Grandma Cleveland' hybridized and photographed by Buck Clagett

The American Rhododendron Society and its Chapters . .

Many of the chapters of the American Rhododendron Society now have their own web sites.
The sites vary a great deal as to the information available, but most contain
information about meetings and a contact point.

Azalea Chapter, ARS				New York Chapter, ARS
California Chapter, ARS				Olympia Chapter, ARS
Cape Cod Chapter, ARS				Pilchuck Chapter, ARS
Cascade Chapter, ARS				Portland Chapter, ARS
Connecticut Chapter, ARS				Potomac Valley Chapter, ARS
Danish Chapter, ARS				Princeton Chapter, ARS
De Anza Chapter, ARS				The Scottish Rhododendron Society, ARS
Dutch Chapter, ARS				Seattle Chapter, ARS
Eugene Chapter, ARS				Siuslaw Chapter, ARS
Eureka Chapter, ARS				Swedish Chapter, ARS
Great Lakes Chapter, ARS				Tacoma Chapter, ARS
Hawaii Chapter, ARS				Tappan Zee Chapter, ARS
Komo Kulshan Chapter, ARS				Valley Forge Chapter, ARS
Mason-Dixon Chapter, ARS				Whidbey Island Chapter, ARS
Massachusetts Chapter, ARS		'Reileyridge Target'		Williamette Chapter, ARS
Middle Atlantic Chapter, ARS		Hybridized and photographed by Ed Reiley		William Bartram Chapter, ARS
Midwest Chapter, ARS

A list of all the chapters, containing contacts and meeting information, is available on the ARS web site.

Canadian Chapters

Other Rhododendron and Azalea Sites

The Anderson Garden a garden in Washington described in a site filled with pictures and information.

Australian Rhododendron Society

Azalea Society of America
The Lake Michigan Chapter of the Azalea Society has its own web site.

The Azalea Works

Don Hyatt's Garden Center an excellent site by an ARS member from Virginia. Among other treasures is a great deal of information on Robin Hill Azaleas.

Enjoy Rhododendrons a commercial site (which we normally don't list), but loaded with great pictures.

The Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl an interesting name for an interesting web site!

German Rhododendron Society

Georgia Native Azaleas

Helge's Rhododendron page

Henning's Rhododendron & Azaleas Pages is a general treatise on a wide-ranging variety of topics, with one of the most-detailed sections on problems that may arise with rhododendrons.

National Native Azalea Repository

New Zealand Rhododendron Association

Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust is a rhododendron preserve and garden in the rain forest of the North Island of New Zealand.

Rhododendron and Azalea News is the electronic newsletter of the ARS started by the late Betty Spady. Marty Anderson is now the editor. This interesting collection of practically everything draws on chapter newsletters as well as other sources and comes out several times a year. The previous issues may be found at UVA's Rhododendron Web Resources.

Rhododendron, Camellia & Magnolia Group of the Royal Horticultural Society

Rhododendron Club of Finland is increasing its material in English and contains some valuable information, especially regarding the culture of rhododendrons in northern Europe.

The Rhododendron e-mail Group is an information exchange for rhododendron enthusiasts throughout the world. It's certainly worth checking out if you are interested in rhododendrons.

Rhododendron Species Foundation is probably THE site if your main interest is rhododendron species.

RhodoGardens the gardens of Russ and Velma Haag

Rhodoland the English version of a Dutch gardener's web site is filled with interesting info and some great pictures.

Société Bretonne du Rhododendron is a group of French rhododendron fanciers. The site does contain some valuable information in English and is well-illustrated.

The University of Virginia Guide to Rhododendron Web Resources contains links to a number of publications available on the Internet as well as the back issues of Rhododendron and Azalea News.

Virtual Rhododendron Garden is a collection of pictures of hybrid and native rhododendrons from North Carolina.

The Vireya Rhododendron e-mail Group exchanges information about the vireya, or tropical, rhododendrons. It is much less active than the similar rhododendron e-mail group.

Vireya Rhododendrons is a detailed site filled with beautiful pictures.

Western North American Rhododendron Species Project

Yahoo Azalea Group

Other Plant Society Sites

Our "Deer" Friends

Deer Defenses is a good place to start. This is a site from Cornell University with Cornell's own information as well as links to a number of other sites dealing with the deer problem. There are also links to many of the repellents and other counter measures. Cornell also has a site on wildlife damage.

Many of the state Cooperative Extension Services have information regarding deer problems in the garden.For links to all of them, see the USDA page on Cooperative Extension System Offices.

Maryland Cooperative Extension has a couple of publications that may prove useful in the struggle against Bambi's relatives. One, FS655, "Wildlife Damage Management: Resistance of Woody Ornamentals to Deer Damage", is available on-line. The other is EB354, "Managing Deer Damage in Maryland," avaiilable from Maryland Cooperative Extension. Maryland's Home & Garden Information Center is filled with valuable information.

See Making Your Landscape More Deer Repellent for some tips by a master gardener from Minnesota.

Regional Gardens

Master Gardeners

One of the great things about the Internet is that new information can be posted within minutes of its occurrence. This quality means, however, that things are always changing. Anyone who has spent much time on the Internet has found links that lead nowhere. We hope to keep that at a minimum and would appreciate being notified at Links should you find a dead link on this page. At the same time, if you are aware of a site you think belongs on this page, please let us know.

Last modified: November 13, 2008

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