I had never seen a rhododendron before the flower show.
I don't know if they come in other colours.
I thought the buds were incredible.
Sort of like a pine cone, but different.
10 months ago
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Followers
Blog Archive
-
▼
2009
(510)
-
▼
April
(48)
- Stream
- Forsythia
- Pussywillows, Week Three
- Today's Flowers
- New Leaves in the Woods
- First Tulips
- Daffodils
- Morning Clouds with Geese
- Skywatch Friday
- After the Rain
- Lady's Mantle
- Watery Wednesday
- Geese
- Violets
- Forsythia
- And then the Pussywillows...
- Today's Flowers
- Skywatch Friday
- Peony Shoots
- First Daffodil
- Moon in the Water
- Watery Wednesday
- New Leaves
- Scilla
- In the Garden
- Coltsfoot
- Today's Flowers
- Easter Lilies
- Footprints in the Mud
- A Walk in the Dog Park
- Pussywillows
- Skywatch Friday
- More Snow
- Watery Wednesday
- Footprints in the Snow
- Snow on the Crocuses
- Clouds
- Today's Flowers
- Crocuses
- Martha Washington Geraniums
- Rhododendron
- Crocuses
- Skywatch Friday
- Rabbitsfoot Fern
- Iris
- Cat at the Greenhouse
- Geese
- Cattails in the Marsh
-
▼
April
(48)
About Me
- Judy
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- I'm a 50 something female set loose on the world with a camera.
6 comments:
love the purples!
I love them when they are just opening up and when they are in glorious full bloom.
they cone in al the colours of the rainboe and there are also wonderful perfumed varieties. They are from the Himalayas and only thrive on acid soils.
I was just about to say what Arija already had said b4 me. There are some glorious oranges too. When I lived in England there were lots of these planted around on the moors, where the soil is just right. They where huge like trees bust obviously wider as they are shrubs.
This is the original one thta grow wild and thus it is hardier than most others.
These are popular in Finland as we have mainly acid soil and they thrive well. In winter the leaves shrivel up but don't fall off.
The fully opened flowers are amazing. I have a very light pink variety in my cottage garden and will this year plant another colour next to it.
Very nice captured!Congratulations.
When I see rhododendrons I wish my soil had a lower pH. I LOVE them.
We have three rhododendrons in our yard all of a different color. One is huge -- it's almost 15 feet tall and over 6 feet across and is loaded with blossoms every year.
Post a Comment