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Spring beauty in the Garden ✨ ☀️ Rhododendron is a large genus of over 1000 species in the Ericaceae family. Found throughout temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere and some tropical regions in Asia and Australia, Rhododendron is known for its vibrant, bell shaped flowers. An extremely popular ornamental, there are thousands of Rhododendron cultivars on the market. 📷 🌸 Rhododendron occidentale (western azalea) in the California Native Plant Garden - found from southern Oregon to southern California and is one of only three species of Rhododendron native to California. • Rhododendron ‘Roy Hudson’ and friends in the Rhododendron Garden • Vireya rhododendron (Rhododendron sp.) in the Southeast Asia Cloud Forest • Bonus shots: • glory pea (Clianthus puniceus) from New Zealand along the Waterfowl Pond edge • magic dogwood (Cornus florida ssp. urbiana) blooming near the Succulent Garden • #sfbotanicalgarden #spring #rhododendron #rhododendronoccidentale #vireyarhododendron #clianthus #magicdogwood #cornusfloridaurbiniana (at San Francisco Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/COMVmsCADgT/?igshid=hfzgggolsdxs

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Everywhere you look in the Garden it is abundantly clear that spring is here... and 10 photos can’t even begin to do it justice... but here is a taste, there is more in our Instagram story, and you really must come out and see it all for yourself! Pictured here and currently looking amazing: rose cone flower (Isopogon formosus) in Gondwana Circle, Puya chilensis and Puya alpestris in the Succulent Garden, magic dogwood (Cornus florida subsp. urbiniana) starting to flower adjacent to the Succulent Garden, the queen and king protea in the South Africa collection (Protea magnifica and Protea cynaroides), local favorites Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana) and western azalea (Rhododendron occidentale) flowering in the California Native Garden, sacred flower of the Andes (Cantua buxifolia) and Bomarea going crazy in the Andean Cloud Forest. #WILDflowers_SFBG #sfbotanicalgarden #isopogonformosus #puyachilensis #puyaalpestris #magicdogwood #cornusfloridaurbiniana #proteamagnifica #proteacynaroides #irisdouglasiana #rhododendronoccidentale #cantuabuxifolia #bomarea (at San Francisco Botanical Garden)