You can't go anywhere this time of year without seeing tons of Rhodies! (rhododendron). One of the reasons they are so healthy in areas like Bellevue, with big healty green leaves, is because they thrive so well among the pine trees. Pine needles that fall to the ground, feed the Rhodies well.
Kim and I love to nurse sick Rhodies back to health, so if you have a Rhododendron that needs a little loving care, give us a holler, and if we're in you're area we'll stop by with some TLC and advice.
Don't forget to deadhead your your blooms as soon as they die off. The new growth will pop more quickly and the whole plant will be healthier as a result.
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Now that is an amazing bloom on that flower. I will share this one with my wife! She will love it!
Your friend in Charlottesville Virginia!
Great picture, ARDELL! I am not so good with them, but keep inheriting them from family somehow... What I could really use some help with is Daphne! I love it and can not get one to stay alive no matter where I put it!
Great picture! I have one the exact color but for some reason only has 3 blooms. It has lots of new grow and is very large about 12 feet - my neighbor said it was planted in the mid 50's. I am nursing it back from about 15 years of neglect. So I will be getting some pine needles to lay around it!
Wow - that's a lot of color. THanks for the picture. We don't see this flower in Tennessee.
Jo,
Post a photo of your Rhodie and I'll give you a diagnosis and suggestions for care.
The only problem with a Rhodie is you can't use them in the house. Bulb flowers make great "cutting" flowers. Daffodils are fabulous for bringing early Spring inside. Late in the year I use gladiola as they last until the end of the season. The trick to lots of gladiola's for summer is to plant them in groups a week a part for fresh cut flowers all season long.
Are the Rhodies the ones where the flowers change color based on the acidity of the soil? Did you and Amanda talk about that when we had dinner a few weeks ago? If it is them, and you didn't talk about it, how do I have this tidbit of knowledge in my head. It's too late........am I delirious? haha, have a good night Ardell!
That's a gorgeous photo. My better half has the green thumb in the family... I have a hard time keeping plastic plants alive.
Cool beans, ARDELL - I will get a photo sometime this week.
Bob,
LOL. No, those are Hydrangea. We used to call them "Snowball Plants" in Philly. they go from almost no color to pink to blue to red-blue. Not really purple, but when some buds are pink and some blue the flower head gets a purple hue with a few purple blooms.
The difference between a pink hydrangea and a blue hydrangea is the acid level of the soil. We kept buying my Mom blue ones and they would be pink the following year, until we figured out it was the acidity that made them blue.
My Mom kept saying "I thought you bought me a blue one?" I'll go get a photo and post it below.
Rhodies come in many colors. I'll post some other colors in the comments as I see them around.
Ardell,
Great photo showing the splendor of the rhoddies here in the northwest. Any given bush does not bloom for very long but when they bloom they are hard to beat. In our yard we have a number that bloom at different times so one is fading as another is coming into bloom. If you have never gone, there is an incredible rhoddie park on Whidbey Island, past Coupeville. Great place on a nice day when they are blooming.
Funny you mentioned that, Steven. I just got off the phone with a friend who lives on Whidbey saying COME! The next time I take a day off I want it to be a sunny day...but when sunny days come I'm even busier.
By this time of year I only want to go someplace sunny!