#Rhododendron "Fantastica"
Masses of rose pink hexagonal shaped florets, fading to white throats. This one is in my front yard. I also have one in the back, somewhere. Hybridized by German Hans Hachmann.
May 11, 2023
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#Rhododendron "Calsap"
Shot in my backyard. This one is pleasing, with the deep raspberry splotch and pink blush. May 12, 2023.
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#Rhododendron "Pearces's American Beauty"
This robustly vigorous beauty is one of the end of spring celebrations. Photo taken June 3, 2023 in my front yard.
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#Rhododendron "Cranberry Swirl"
The charm of this one is the VERY large, almost waxy looking flowers of substance. Taken in my in my inner back yard on May 3, 2022.
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#Rhododendron "Dreamland"
This flower is frilly white with soft pinkish rose edges. Located in my back yard garden. May 12, 2023.
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#Rhododendron "Unknown"
Taken somewhere in my garden. I really need to do a proper inventory of what is planted, and where it is located.
May 11, 2023.
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#Rhododendron "Vibrant Violet"
Taken in my front yard. April 23, 2023.
The peek of red behind it is #rhododendron "Grace Seabrook."
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#Rhododendron 'Yellow Pippin'
This one is pleasantly yellow. Located in my inner backyard garden. May 14, 2023
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#Rhododendron "Loder's White"
I finally identified this one tonight. It is planted along the street facing west, in my backyard garden. May 10, 2023
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#Rhododendron "PJM Elite"
😍This one announces that spring has OFFICIALLY arrived, with a big flourish. March 22, 2003, in my front yard garden.
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#Rhododendron "Black Prince"
This one is all about those fantastically deep oxblood red flowers! Shot in my outer backyard garden. May 3, 2023.
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#Rhododendron "Yaku Princess"🎌
This is another garden dazzler (I highly recommend this one) with Japanese species yakushimanum in its parentage. Bright Barbie pink florets fully open to pure white! May 3, 2022
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#Rhododendron "Arneson Gem"
This deciduous rhododendron (also called an azalea) is every bit as eye catching as they look in the photo. I shot these in my inner back yard garden on May 10, 2023.
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#Rhododendron "Patty Bee"
One of the tiny, mounding "Bee" rhododendrons. This little cutie pie is perfect for small spaces. May 3, 2023.
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#Rhododendron "Pacific Sunset"
This one is correctly named. It is loaded with these large, riots of color flowers. Shot in my inner backyard garden.
May 3, 2023.
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#Rhododendron "Malahat"
This one is seriously red! Taken outside the master bedroom window on April 23, 2023.
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#Rhododendron "White Gold"
I adore this large rhododendron, which greets mid spring visitors driving into my back yard. Regal drama and majesty in flower form. The blue sky makes it stand out. May 10, 2023.
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#Rhododendron "Ring of Fire" 🔥
This early morning photo captures this late spring blooming little cutie, in my back yard garden along the drive way.
May 18, 2022.
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"Promise Made, Promise Fulfilled"
#Rhododendron "Holden" in my back yard. Buds begin opening on May 3 2003. Full trusses on May 25, 2023.
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#Rhododendron "The Honorable Jean Marie de Montague"
Shot in my backyard. I have 6 or 7 of these in my garden. You cannot kill this one. Very robust. Next year I will prune them way back. May 12, 2023.
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#Rhododendron "Queen Anne's"
Flower openly funnel-shaped, wavy lobes, 2½" across, very pale violet when first open, quickly fading to white. No markings. Flowers look doubled due to fused and petaloid stamens.
By my front door, May 11, 2023.
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#Rhododendron 'Starbright Champagne'⛩️
An unusual flower, star shaped with raspberry in the center. Hybridized by Frank Fujioka, a master rhododendron gardener on Whidbey Island. 1/x
Photo taken in my back yard outer garden on April 25, 2024.
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"A Chance Meeting"
Wandering the grounds on May 15, 2023, at Downs Rhododendron Nursery, in Olympia, Washington.
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#Rhododendron "Blaney's Blue"
This handsome deciduous periwinkle blue cutie is along the driveway into my back yard, greeting guests. Photographed in my inner back yard garden on April 29, 2022.
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#Rhododendron "Yaku Princess"🎌
This is another garden dazzler (I highly recommend this one) with Japanese species yakushimanum in its parentage. Bright Barbie pink florets, fully open to pure white! April 24, 2024
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