Genus: Rhododendron

Beautiful!

Love your spring blooming garden bed. The colors flow so well together !

Beautiful!

Great Rhodies. You must have the right soil.

Beautiful :D

This is beautiful!

Yes Lori we have not had much sun this month and the heavens opened up today.....I haven't even bothered to get my garden hose out yet.
Hope Saturday is sunny as it is my daughter's prom .

Lovely colour Nancy

Love this colour

Wonderful it is a satisfying sight isn't it?...I've just deadheaded mine. Are you getting much rain down your way?

I agree, great colour.

What a pretty colour!

O this is Different a white 1? i brought a White Upright Geranium2day :)

Really nice shot. The blooms really pop in the sunlight.

you have some terrific rhodie's but this is probably my favourite

like these plants, delicate looking flowers :-)

Love the colour

ooo i like this!

Wow such a Fab Red :O

How exciting, I love the anticipation of a new flower coming to bloom. The weather has been up and down this spring, it stayed so cold for so long. We had a spike of hot about 10 days ago and then it mellowed out. We have been getting some rain but nothing major. I always find that this is the teasing time of year. You feel that finally the warm weather is here and then the mercury drops again. Fortunately, we had a fairly nice long weekend this past weekend.

Never seen that color Looks great!

I really like this one; reminds me of an orchid!

these buds look the same colour as mine....I can't wait...

The label on my orphan said...Rhododendron..Pink English it's buds look very dark pink, guess the colour will be obvious when it opens fully...I was so excited when I saw the buds swelling that I ran for my camera!! not a lot to see...but I wanted to have pics of the whole process of it's blooming...lol. Will post when it emerges fully...our weather has been cold, damp and dark... but hardly enough rain the moisten the topsoil. Is it getting sunny out there yet?

O i like this Red its Fantastic :)

Soft Colour :)

its beautiful sarah

Love this colour!

Do you know what type of rhododendron it is? The above is an Azalea - picture is not very clear though I have just realised, I will try giving a better one. Are you getting plenty of water to it, when did you plant it - has it gone into shock and just needs time to re-adjust?

Seattle is a perfect place for Rhodies. Lots of rain and lots of acidic soil.

Just fab.

I have a rhododendron.. it's not happy where I've planted it..perhaps I should try potting it?

You have some great Rhodi's. Your soil must be just right for them.

Lovely shades of pink

You have some beautiful flowers. This would be my favorite though.

That's beautiful.

How very pretty.

the colour of those flowers is just amazing...I'm always partial to anything that appears incandescent...My rhodo has buds but I'm afraid it isn't very healthy... will have to post a pic of the leaves...they are brown and curling. It was a rescue from a 'bargain bin"at the local Home Depot. I tried dosing it with Epsom Salts...( Magnesium sulphate) and the green has improved but the browned leaves remain.

What a Fantastic Colour :O

Thanks Andrew, I have one that flowers outside my kitchen and it is easily 10 feet. Didn't know the name until now.

I do, my husband will tell you we bought the house for the garden and the Viking stove!

Love this one.

VERY sweet !

This is a GREAT color. I don't see this color too often. ENJOY !

Agreed - very beautiful.

It looks lovely against your blue house

Love the whites when they have a slight blush of pink.

Beautiful. My favourite colour.

Thanks again, It is by a three story condo on the north side. Which means no sun because of the building but sometimes in the morning the sun raise will hit it on and off. I have decided to leave it and see what happens.

I might offer another suggestion if you are planning to move it anyways. I live in zone 5 (and that's pushing it for Rhodos) and we have heavy snow and cold winters with lots of north winds. Rhodos don't like wind at any time of year and I finally moved mine under the large house overhang which provides both semi-shade and protection from the winds. After struggling for many winters with various types of winter protection coverings/surrounds and finding too many brown, shriveled leaves in the spring, I was frustrated last year by the sudden onset of winter and not enough opportunity to protect everything that I just left it uncovered which turned out perfect as it fared better than any other year. It needs a good shot of "Pinks" (8-12-6) fertilizer in the spring before flowering, and again in August in order to produce buds for the following spring. I have been fooled by buds which I believed were flowers-to-be but were simply new leaf growth next spring because I didn't fertilize twice. Hope this helps. LP

Glad I'm putting my first (and new) DSLR to good use!

Nice picture, love the dappled shading.!

What a lovely shade of red. Wish I had room for one this color.

we have a park here called JFK park, 500 different types of rhododendron's.... beautiful park

This look wonderful!! Just loaded with blooms...

Thank you Bonkersbon !
Thank you for that great detail. I am happy to say I made the best choices. I might move the rhododendrons but that helped me so much.

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Further to your question about azaleas which Sid answered the same applies.You watch the Masters Golf from Augusta Georgia? There you will see the ideal situation for rhododendrons and azaleas spectacular display under the canopy of other trees.If you have heavy shade with no sunlight these plants will struggle to flower.Part shade should suit them as long as sun not first thing if sun later in day then fine.

oh that's lovely, and fragrant too.

Beautiful combination :-)

Great shade of blue for sure.

Man, ...I never seen an azalea that color before, what a rare find you have there.!

This is a lovely rhododendron beautiful colour

I like all the Tiny Spots inside the Flower its self reminds me of Cute Freckles :)

This is Fantastic Pic Ang&the flower is Lovely :)

Love this soft blush color.

Nice photos

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This is so nice, I would love to live near a street like that, it must be such pleasure stepping out to such colours.

I don't know the variety I am sorry. I just took a look to see if it had a tag attached and alas, no. The prior owners of our house planted about 100 rhodies on the property (lucky us) over the 30 years they lived here. Most aren't labled and those that are are not usually legible. I am trying to catch up on the names in my garden but I haven't managed to learn everything yet!

WOW! stunning

my favorite types of plants! i have quite a few, but i am still waiting on my flowers this year - judging by the big jucey looking buds on them all should'nt have to wait too long and i love the blue of this Azalea - do you know the variety?

Fab Rhodo - I've just bought a variegated one, but not same colour flowers alas!

Thanks, Mike it is an old (by North American standards) Cherry tree which is just coming into bloom.

love this colour :)

Love the shape of the tree in the background.

Looks beautiful

What a Sweet little flower :D

There she goes again!! lol.