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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T11:00:15.000Z",
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  "textContent": "If you ask Mike Bones of Florence how he got the nickname of “Rhododendron King,” he’ll say he has no idea. But the president of the Siuslaw Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society has been growing the flowering shrubs since 1962, when they were the first form of income he knew.\n\nThe post Florence’s “Rhododendron King” has spent 64 years perfecting his love of the Oregon coast’s iconic shrub appeared first on Lincoln Chronicle.",
  "title": "Florence’s “Rhododendron King” has spent 64 years perfecting his love of the Oregon coast’s iconic shrub"
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