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TC:
We always enjoy the Perth show because it can be coupled with a visit to Branklyn and then Cox's nursery at Glendoick.  Despite all my best intentions of just admiring the plants at Cox's, I came away with a Rh.Edgeworthii and  Rh. Winsome.  I have not a spare inch of garden left to put them in, but.......
Branklyn was looking the best I have seen it at this time of year.  The flowering season seems to have been compressed with the earlier varieties still in flower and the later varieties, (which we would expect in May), flowering up to 3 weeks earlier.  The Rh.Augustinii was magnificent as the picture will show.
As usual, not all the plant labels could be found and I do not like guessing.
These series of garden visits are really meant for our forum readers abroad who cannot visit the gardens.
I always enjoy looking at pictures from gardens that I am unlikely to visit.  The web now makes this an easy matter.  On the West coast, we are now enjoying what I euphemistically call Rhododendron weather
After about ten days of warm sunny weather, we are now in a spell of cloudy drizzle with little wind.  This should keep the blooms on longer.  However, not ideal for taking photographs or walking round gardens.
If any of the forum members would like a larger image from any of the garden Rhoddy series, let me know and we can arrange it. 

TC:
The last missive self posted before I even started on the pictures.  It probably has a verbose program that limits the amount of words.  Here are some of the pictures, I hope.

TC:
I have been trying to find the names of some of the Rhododendrons without visible labels without much success.  I had forgotten the variability inherent in seed grown plants collected from different locations so some will still have to be nameless unless anyone out there can put a name to them

ian mcenery:
Tom wonderful piccies of  a magic garden. I have been twice and wished I lived a little  nearer as there are some superb Rhodos including my favourite foliage ones at Branklyn
Keep em coming

Maggi Young:
My brain cells are not working well, so I'm not able to give some names that I know I should... but I can say that the R. albrechtii is not that. R. albrechtii has more azalea type foliage, if you know what I mean, can't remember the section, is it Triflora? Sorry, not much help!

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