OSU Japanese Gardens

OSU Japanese GardensFound on the Oregon State University campus by Floyd Hutchins, this form of the species R. augustinii has a darker blue purple flower, excellent foliage, and compact habit. Premium Variety This variety has proven itself over time to be a higher grade plant with better performance, a higher degree of attractiveness, and is hard to find and purchase.

grouped with other rhododendrons and azaleas

'Gold Ryder' is brighter than any other Leyland cultivar to date

'Naselle' in its parentage

mounding little bush is one of our most highly recommended of the small leaf purples

Lobb in 1866

both grown in Japan for a long time

A dwarf form of Japanese black pine that grows very compact with shorter internodes than the species

We finally have some plants to sell of this brand new hybrid from the Thompson Nursery in Oregon

Plant above a wall and it will cascade over the edge

The plant grows low and compact in full sun

it will need to be pruned off

It is also sometimes grown as a large shrub