Anyone Can Grow Rhododendrons The Amenable Shrub
Rhododendrons are amenable shrubs. They’ll grow for any one of us, whether we are skilled gardeners or rank beginners, whether we have a thousand acres or the smallest of foundation
Rhododendrons are amenable shrubs. They’ll grow for any one of us, whether we are skilled gardeners or rank beginners, whether we have a thousand acres or the smallest of foundation
If you were to order from a nursery a couple of dozen small rhododendrons and/or azaleas in the fall to grow in your garden for future landscaping purposes, how would
The two prominent rhododendron species range so widely up and down the Appalachians, through the Allegheny plateau and on into the fringes of Canada, Rhododendron catawbiense and Rhododendron maximum, have
Factors affecting the growth of rhododendrons and azaleas are several, all of which are so bound together as to constitute a balanced system in which the plant’s growth is a
In the Northwest, over the last two decades, rhododendrons have become “everyman’s” shrubs. Gardeners in the Southwest are deprived of their beautiful flowers and the textural interest they create in
On a recent trip abroad, I was privileged to see hundreds of rhododendrons and azaleas, most of which are unknown to the gardens of New England. These are species from
“The purple petals, fallen in the pool,Make the black water, with their beauty gay,Here might the red-bird come, his plumes to cool,And court the flower that cheapens his array,Rhodora, if
Rhododendrons are among the most practical and most beautiful of all evergreen shrubs. This huge group of plants is so varied and versatile. They have a much wider variety of
Over a century ago, the word “rhododendron” was a name touched with magic, conjuring up images of mansions framed in priceless shrubberies, the utmost in beauty and exclusiveness. Today that
The Pacific Northwest is natural rhododendron country. In that narrow belt along the Pacific slope running from Vancouver and Victoria to San Francisco, the winters are tempered by warm waters.