Yonggen Azalea—— Azalea breeding enterprise in China

Yonggen Azalea Breeding Co., Ltd (called Yonggen Azalea for short) was founded in Jinhua City (Zhejiang Province, southeast of China). While it has two son companies/branches in Qingdao City (Shandong Province, north of China) and Yiyang, (Jiangxi Province, middle of China).

The founder and chairman of the company is Mr. Fang Yonggen, who is a senior forestry engineer in China and has been working in the Azalea breeding field for more than 25 years. Mr. Fang Yonggen insists on combining breeding objectives with commercial goals, so far, he has bred more than 500 varieties, of which 60 have been authorized with New Plant Variety Rights. Moreover, he is the first Chinese member of CIOPORA (International Association of Ornamental Plants and Fruit Breeders of Asexual Reproduction) and has been listed as one of the top 16 Azalea breeders worldwide.

Key resources——New verities, large planting scale, market-leading position

Currently, Yonggen Azalea Breeding Co., Ltd is the leading Azalea breeding & planting enterprise in China. It promotes 10 million new and excellent azaleas of more than 300 varieties annually.

Moreover, Yonggen Azalea is one of the top agricultural science and technology enterprises and the leading forestry enterprise in Zhejiang Province, which has successfully built a National Rhododendron Germplasm Resource Bank, and a National Azalea Breeding R&D Center. To promote those new and excellent varieties, a rhododendron/azalea theme park has been designed and launched by Yonggen Azalea since 2015. It has become a famous spot in Jinhua city and is awarded as ‘one of the most beautiful gardens’ in Zhejiang Province.

Product advantages——Wide adaptability, strong resistance, easy to cultivate, and diversity

Azalea is one of the top ten famous flowers in China, and it is also a famous flower in the world. There is a metaphor that "without azaleas, there is no attractive garden", the application status of azaleas in gardens cannot be replaced. China is the hometown as well as the distribution center of the original species of Rhododendrons. Through continuous efforts and breeding innovation for more than 20 years, Yonggen Azaleas has obvious advantages in the collection of Rhododendron germplasm resources, development of new Azalea varieties, usage of breeding technology, and large-scale production capabilities.

The azalea varieties cultivated by Yonggen Azalea have excellent characteristics such as wide adaptability, strong cold/hot resistance, high ornamental value, ease of cultivation, and rich types, which are popular among municipal garden units, parks, and courtyards. Based on these excellent new varieties, several influential azalea garden landscape projects have been designed and built recently, which have made positive contributions to the development of the whole industry and society.