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How Does your Garden Grow Series- Growing Vireya in Hawaii

October 15, 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

a bunch of flowers of the Vireya plant

Vireya are semi-tropical rhododendron that do not need cold to set buds and repeat bloom throughout the year.  They are unlike the temperate rhododendrons on the mainland that need cold and bloom once a year. Vireya’s main homeland is the Indonesian areas such as Borneo and Java, where they grow along the rainforest and in open fields.

Hawaii has areas where Vireya do very well because of our acidic and porous volcanic soil. Hilo, Puna, Volcano and Waimea are examples of areas vireya thrive.

Sherla Bertelmann and her husband, Richard Marques, began working with vireya around 1996.

Attendees can add their  name to the drawing to win a vireya to take home!

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Date:
October 15, 2019
Time:
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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Hawaii

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Hawaii – Mountain View
18-1235 Volcano Hwy
Mountain View, HI 96771 United States
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Phone:
808-968-2322

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