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Rhododendron macrophyllum, the Pacific rhododendron, [2] California rosebay, [3] California rhododendron, coast rhododendron or big leaf rhododendron, is a large-leaved species of Rhododendron native to the Pacific Coast of North America. It is the state flower of Washington. [4]
As of 2006 the Foundation's mission is devoted to the conservation, research, acquisition, evaluation, cultivation, public display, and distribution of rhododendron species. The gardens contain over 10,000 rhododendrons, set out as a woodland garden among native conifers. It is adjacent to the Pacific Bonsai Museum.
[1] [2] The vast majority of Rhododendron species are native to the eastern Himalaya and southeast Tibet, along with the islands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, New Guinea, and the Philippines. The rest are broadly spread throughout the northern hemisphere in relatively small isolated populations, including Japan, northwestern North America, the ...
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Rhododendron macrophyllum, a widespread rhododendron of the Pacific Northwest, is the state flower of the US state of Washington. Amongst the Zomi tribes in India and Myanmar, "Rhododendrons" called "Ngeisok" is used in a poetic manner to signify a lady. [citation needed] Leon Wyczółkowski, Pink Rhododendrons, 1903
Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, United States, is a large urban park.The 760-acre (3.1 km 2) park includes Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Rose Garden, Rhododendron Garden, beaches, trails, a boardwalk, a boathouse, a Washington State Ferries ferry dock for the Point Defiance-Tahlequah route to Vashon Island, Fort Nisqually, an off-leash dog park, and most notably about 400 acres ...
Rhododendron Species Foundation and Botanical Garden Federal Way 47°17′34.08″N 122°18′8.28″W / 47.2928000°N 122.3023000°W / 47.2928000; -122.3023000
The garden was a highlight of the park until the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Within two years, the “oriental garden,” as even The Bee was referring to it by then, had all but been removed.