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Yak rhodies hold their own.

The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

| June 12, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Spokesman-Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Mike Prager

Jun. 12--The Yak rhododendron craze that swept Britain 60 years ago never made it to the Inland Northwest.

That's too bad.

Gardeners here have been missing out on one of the most reliable, attractive and well-behaved types of rhododendrons on earth.

Yaks take their name from the island of Yakushima on the southern end of Japan where they grow on rain- and wind-swept mountain slopes, and from where the original species plants were taken for introduction into the British nursery trade in the 1930s.

I learned about them years ago growing up around rhododendron collectors. When I expanded my landscape here, I chose Yaks as an evergreen cover for a sunny front-yard bed. Planting Yaks was partly…

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