Rhododendron (Rhododendron Varieties)

#rhododendron #upclose up close and personal!

@hayleyaj 💘😍

@gardengirlla 😘🤗💘😍

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@cyndi thanks Cyn! 💘😍

@juliesgarden 😘💘😍

@columbiariver they are so gorgeous up close!💘😍

She’s a stunner! 💕💞💓💗💖💘

@kez001uk thank you!💘😍

Oh hello! 💕💕💕

@rachelbrooks oh hello back!🙂💘😍

@gjones Thank you!💘😍

#rhododendron I swear this burst open over night!

@hayleyaj 💘😍

Magic! 💕

A real eye catcher Shelley, it’s beautiful 🌸🌸

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Wow! It's a stunner 👌

@gjones thanks Katy! Another very old plant in my garden 🙂💘😍

@rachelbrooks I think it was magic peach!🤗💘😍

@pelly thanks Jane! You can't miss it once you enter the back!😂💘😍

@jeatacake so kind Jeff!💘😍

@juliesgarden 🤗😘💘😍

Certainly looks it!

#rhododendron #yellow #chikor my beautiful new dwarf Rhody! Only gets to 18" tall and the foliage turns bronze red in fall ( so it says!🤔)

@hayleyaj 💘😍

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@lifeonaroofterrace 💘😍

Oh I have no room it’s gorgeous 🤔

@suerichards thanks Sue! This is so small I know you could find room and it even says it's a slow grower!💘😍

So pretty. I’ve got a similar one to that 💛💛

@ShelleySnyder I am now looking around the garden, thinking 🤔 now were does she mean lol 😂

@lexijane thanks! I'd never seen this before! Had to snatch it up!💘😍

@suerichards now I know you got a small spot somewhere!🤣🤣😘💘😍

I don’t blame you hun 😍

Lovely 👌

#myviewshelleysnyder #rody my rody is all lit up!! Seeing it out my living room window

@hayleyaj 💘😍

Wow, gorgeous

@jaynehynesburton thanks Jayne! This is a real oldie and a no fail!💘😍

Just wow 😍😍😍

@juliesgarden thanks a bunch Julie!💘😍

What a beauty!

@louisefrost Thank you Louise!💘😍

@columbiariver thanks! Yes it's a rhododendron! A big purplish one! That's the only name I got for it!😂😜💘😍

@gjones thank ya Katy!!💘😍

Wow so beautiful 😍

@jewljewl thanks Vannary!💘😍

#rododendron my rody is finally blooming, the only other one I have in the back is lord Roberts and it doesn't bloom till june ( maybe later this year).

Lovely!

@columbiariver this rody has been here for over 40 years, so if we never cut it I'm afraid we wouldn't have a back yard at all!!

Perfect shape 🖒

I've never seen them shaped like This! Looks great. Rhodies thrive here in the south I hear, so I expect I'll have some, just not this year. I have to have a design in mind before I can place them. Sure wish I had a garden designer for a friend!

@lesliecole49 that shape comes with lots of trimming!

Yes... I never knew you could trim a Rody like that...that is really unique and very attractive...🌺🌼

Make sure you trim right after bloom so you don't loose next year's blooms #lesliecole49

@momasherri yes your right about that! I have a neighbor that had one near his front door that grew out of control and I told him when to cut it ( didn't listen) so he cut it back to about 2ft. Tall (it was at least 8ft.) It didn't bloom the next year , but it did the year after that! They are tough!!

@ ShellySnyder they sure are tough. I cut down a near dead one and it triggered an amazing growth over the next few years resulting in exceptional blooms unlike any of the others I had. I had 10 plus huge rhodies, taller than my 1 story house.

@momasherri WOW! I do know with a lot of plants trimming them triggers something in them and they seem to grow even faster so I hesitate to trim some until it's a must do, then it's constant trimming! Such is gardening I guess! 😢😉😍

Amen to that. But is a nice tool to get that's dragging it's feet to perk up. I prefer to do it over a couple years instead of all at once@ShelleySnyder