Collections: The Mehlquist Garden

The Mehlquist rhododendron garden covers over an acre of land and contains almost 600 plants of over 100 varieties. Especially important are plants donated from Dr. Mehlquist’s own collection, for example ‘Autumn Violet’, which produces violet-purple flowers in both spring and early autumn, as well as ‘the April series’ with cultivars blooming in different colors. This garden was dedicated in 1990 in honor of Dr. G.A.L. Mehlquist whose lifelong breeding work at the University of Connecticut has yielded many valuable rhododendron introductions.