List of rhododendron parks

"Azalea Festival" in the park of the Nezu Shrine in the Nezu district , Bunkyo, Tokyo

Rhododendron Park in Gristede

Rhodo 2006 in Westerstede

Rhododendron species and varieties are the main components of manyparksand many botanical gardens. Here is a selection:

Germany

Rhododendron grove in the Munich-Nymphenburg Botanical Garden

Baden-Württemberg

• Rhododendrontal in the Botanical Garden of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
• Jansen Rhododendron Park
• Rhododendron quarter in the Baden-Württemberg arboretum of the Hohenheim Gardens

Bavaria

• Dennenlohe rhododendron and castle park in Middle Franconia, 13 hectare landscape park on the water.
• Rhododendron grove in the Neue Welt city park in Memmingen (former site of the State Garden Show 2000)
• Rhododendron grove in the Munich-Nymphenburg Botanical Garden

Rhododendron-lined grave in the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg

Graal-Müritz Rhododendron Park

Blooming azaleas and rhododendrons in the Oldenburg Castle Gardens

Rhododendron Park in Petersfeld

Rhododendrons and azaleas in the "Park of Gardens"

Bremen

• Rhododendron Park Bremen with Botanica , 46 hectares, second largest rhododendron collection in the world (approx. 600 species, of which approx. 110 tropical and 160 subtropical in the Botanica, 3250 varieties, of which approx. 420 different Indian azaleas )

Hamburg

• Stadtpark as well as Ohlsdorfer Friedhof and in the deer park in Hamburg

Hesse

• Wolfsgarten Castle in Langen (Hesse)
• Villa Schlösschen Cesarine in Oberzent

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

• Rhododendron Park Graal-Müritz , in the years 1955-1961 from Rostock landscape gardener Friedrich-Karl Evert created
• In the Rostock Zoo , on an area of ​​1 hectare. The facility was built in 1907 and is now part of the listed area in Rostock Zoo.

Lower Saxony

• Ohrberg near Hameln
• Oldenburg Castle Gardens
• Lütetsburg Castle Park
• Rhododendron forest in Füchtenfeld
• Herrenhausen Mountain Garden in Hanover

Ammerland:

A center of rhododendron breeding in Germany is the Ammerland in north-western Lower Saxony. In the district town of Westerstede , the rhododendron festival takes place every four years ("Rhodo"), which is the largest rhododendron exhibition in Europe. There are several rhodendron parks in the district, which can be experienced by bike via the rhododendron routes .

• Maxwaldpark in Fikensolt near Westerstede (oldest rhododendron forest park in Northern Germany, laid out from 1890 on the model of English "rhododendron woodlands")
• Park of the Gardens , Bad Zwischenahn (former site of the Lower Saxony State Horticultural Show 2002)
• Rhododendron Park Bruns in Gristede , (between Bad Zwischenahn and Wiefelstede )
• Rhododendron Park Hobbie in Petersfeld near Westerstede (with 70 hectares Germany's largest rhododendron park)

North Rhine-Westphalia

Azalea blossom in the Bielefeld Botanical Garden

• Botanical garden and Johannisfriedhof in Bielefeld
• Rombergpark in Dortmund - Brünninghausen
• Benrath Palace Park in Düsseldorf-Benrath
• Rhododendron garden in the Panorama Park Sauerland, Kirchhundem near Olpe
• Landscape park and arboretum " Heilmannshof ", 320 rhododendron species and varieties, near Krefeld
• The rhododendron park of the Vorwerkpark of the Barmer plants in Wuppertal. Around 1907 the quarry was transformed into a rhododendron park, in whose design the well-known Wuppertal tree nursery and breeder Nissen was involved.
• The rhododendrontal in the Gruga in Essen with around 500 species.
• The Rhododendron Gorge in the Forest Botanical Garden in Cologne
• Heltorf Castle Park near Angermund

Saxony

• Azalea and Rhododendron Park Kromlau near Görlitz
• Park on the Hutberg to Kamenz
• Rhododendron Park in Dresden , Wachwitz / Königlicher Weinberg district (near the Dresden TV tower)
• Rhododendron Park Kleine Bastei in Kurort Rathen (Saxon Switzerland)
• Südfriedhof Leipzig (around 10,000 rhododendron specimens)
• Rhododendron blooms in the royal grounds of the Saxon State Baths in Bad Elster
• Rhododendron park of the Seidel tree nursery

Saxony-Anhalt

• Wörlitzer Park , ( World Heritage Site )

Schleswig-Holstein

• Rhododendron Park in Barmstedt
• Neumünster cemetery with very old and large holdings

Thuringia

• Rhododendron garden on the edge of the Kneipp spa town of Tabarz (looked after by the Thuringian Forest Association, Branch Association Tabarz 1893 eV)
• Tannenfeld Castle Park , old English landscape park in Thuringia, near Altenburg , great biodiversity of rhododendrons and azaleas

Finland

Blooming rhododendrons in the Helsinki Rhododendron Park ( Finland )

• Helsinki Rhododendron Park
• Mustila Arboretum

France

Rhododendron group in the Pépinière (Nancy)

• " Pépinière " (park in the center of Nancy)

Great Britain

Trebah Garden (Cornwall)

• The Lost Gardens of Heligan , a landscape garden overgrown for 70 years with specimens that are 150 years old and up to 20 meters high, especially Rhododendron arboreum .
• Trebah Garden in Cornwall
• Inverewe Garden in Northern Scotland. Some tree-sized specimens grow there.

Ireland

• Killarney National Park : In its almost Mediterranean climate, favored by the Gulf Stream, the rhododendron has almost become a plague, which one tries to master with so-called work camps.

Italy

Rhododendron blossom in the "Parco della Burcina" (Piedmont)

• " Parco della Burcina " in Biella (Piedmont)

Austria

• Linz Botanical Garden

Poland

• Park Woislowitz (Wojsławice) near Niemcza (Nimptsch) in Lower Silesia, laid out by Fritz von Oheimb, 150 hectares.

Russia

• In "Aptekarskii Ogorod" (the "Garden for Medicinal Plants"), Russia's oldest botanical garden, founded by Peter the Great in 1706 and today part of Moscow University, there are numerous rhododendrons.

Sweden

• In Brunnspark in Ronneby , Sweden, the rhododendron area extends into the forest; an unusual placement.

Switzerland

• Seleger Moor in Rifferswil in the canton of Zurich Switzerland.
• Park San Grato in Carona (above Lugano) in southern Ticino, Switzerland
• Rhododrendrontal of the Merian Gardens in the Brüglinger Plain near Basel.

Slovakia

• Mlyňany Arboretum , established in 1892 by Count Stefan Ambrózy-Migazzi.

Czech Republic

• Průhonice Castle Park near Prague

Hungary

• Jeli Arboretum , laid out in 1922 by Count Stefan Ambrózy-Migazzi.

United States

• Rhododendron State Park in New Hampshire with approximately 6.5 acres of natural occurrence of rhododendron maximum .

Rhododendrons in the "Aptekarsky Ogorod" botanical garden, Moscow

Rhododendron varieties

→ Main article : Rhododendron varieties

literature

to the varieties:

• K. N. E. Cox: Rhododendrons & Azaleas. The Crowood Press Ltd., Ramsbury 2005.
• A. De Raedt, S. De Groote: De Harde Gentse. Gavere 2000.
• F. Galle: Azaleas. Timber Press Inc., Portland 1987.
• W. Schmalscheidt: Rhododendron breeding in Germany. 2nd Edition. Self-published, Oldenburg 2002.
• W. Schmalscheidt: Rhododendron and azalea breeding in Germany. 2nd Edition. Garden picture by Heinz Hansmann, Rinteln 1991.
• W. Schmalscheidt: Handbook of the Knap Hill Azaleas. Garden picture by Heinz Hansmann, Rinteln 2000.
• The Royal Horticultural Society: The International Rhododendron Register and Checklist. 2nd ed., The Royal Horticultural Society, London 2004.
• DM Van Gelderen, JRP Van Hoey Smith: Rhododendron Atlas. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1991.

for design:

• U. Borstell, J. Westhoff: Azaleas and Rhododendrons - Simply fascinating. DVA, Munich, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Rhododendron Parks  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Rhododendron  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• German Rhododendron Society V.
• German gene bank Rhododendron
• Compilation of popular garden varieties

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swantje Sagcob: The Rhodo 2018 shows new perspectives . Article in the Nordwest-Zeitung on April 27, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
2. ↑ "Rhodo" website
3. ↑ Internet site of the Seidel tree nursery / Rhodoendronkulturen-Park in Schwepnitz , district Grüngräbchen
4. ^ Website of the Merian Gardens