Story: Taranaki places

Kaponga rhododendron

Rhododendron kapongii was bred by Bernard Hollard at his garden near Kaponga. The cultivar has become one of the most widely grown red rhododendrons in New Zealand. The Hollard Gardens are open to the public.

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Ron Lambert, Taranaki places – Waimate plain, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25905/kaponga-rhododendron (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ron Lambert, published 23 February 2010, updated 1 September 2016.

Comments

Dianne N Estcourt
05 October 2020

My father, Stan Betts, was a cousin to Bernie Hollard and living in Kaponga in our childhood meant we knew him and his family too. I am thrilled to have a Kaponga Rhododendron in my garden.