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#Rhododendron 'Kiwi Magic'

This mid spring flower is pure Art! A real highlight in my spring garden.

April 24, 2024.

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#Rhododendron "Cherries and Merlot"

A smallish plant, with lovely rosey red, bell shaped flowers. She is blooming for the first time this year.

Photo taken April 4, 2024, in the inner back yard garden.

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#Rhododendron "Babylon"

I have no memory of taking this photo, while on a visit with my brother Bobby to the rhododendron nursery where I got the bulk of my garden treasures. Photo taken on April 24, 2006.

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#Rhododendron "Patty Bee"

One of the "Bee" family of hybrids. They grow very slowly and remain très petit. Delicate palest of yellow and cream.

Photo taken April 6, 2024 in my front garden. I have a second one in the back yard.

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#Rhododendron "Baden Baden"

This dwarf cutie has has deep red flowers, and deep green leaves. it grows wider than taller, and is attractive in any garden setting. Photo taken April 25, 2024, in my front yard garden.

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#Rhododendron "Pretty Baby"

This one is perfectly named. True Barbie pink!

Photo taken April 4, 2024 in my backyard garden.

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#Rhododendron "augustinii" ONE

This beauty is native to the highlands of Hubei and Sichuan provinces in China. I have this one in my own garden. Shot on April 10, 2024 in the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, in Federal Way, Washington.

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"Lollypop"

It is opening!

Photo taken April 6, 2024, in the tulip garden.

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#Rhododendron unknown species

Photo taken April 8, 2016, at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden in Federal Way, Washington.

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#Rhododendron "Nancy Evans"

This remarkable hybrid is a MUST for any PNW garden. It truly looks this spectacular, every spring! April 2008 in my front garden along the sidewalk.

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#Rhododendron "Horizon Lakeside"

😍This one is nothing short of breathtaking. I have seen people strolling the neighborhood stop and take photos of this one. Shot in my outer backyard garden on April 24, 2024.

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#Rhododendron "Taurus" 👑

This one (brother sibling to Grace Seabrook) is the undisputed king of early spring. Red buds open to large trusses of "Slam on the Brakes" RED, RED, RED.

Photos taken April 6, 2024, in my inner back yard garden.

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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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#Rhododendron "Top Banana"

This one is a replacement that I planted last October, for the one that perished due to lack last fall. This one of the earliest "yellow" ones.

Photo taken April 6, 2024, in my front yard garden.

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#Rhododendron "Yellow Petticoats"

This is a great year for this one. Located in my front garden, by the mailbox. I love the lemon yellow glowing center of the flowers. April 25, 2024.

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#Rhododendron 'Cranberry Swirl'

Another unusual flower, seven petals on a rather waxy looking, flat flower, with Cranberry in the center. Hybridized in Sumner, Washington.

Photo taken in my back yard outer garden on April 25, 2024.

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#Rhododendron "Horizon Lakeside"

The backyard garden beauty is striking. It caught my eye and of course I just HAD to have it. A MUST for any suitable garden. May 5, 2006.

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#Rhododendron "Flaming Star"

This show-off is in my front garden where everyone walking or driving by can gawk. 😂

Photo taken April 25, 2024.

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#Rhododendron "Sassy"

Caught her during a brief late evening burst of sunlight, on an otherwise overcast day.

Photo taken in the front garden. April 23, 2024.

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#Rhododendron "pseudochrysanthum"

This beauty is a low-growing, evergreen shrub native to Taiwan. I used to have this one in my garden, but killed it by my own mismanagement. Shot on April 10, 2024 in the Rhododendron Species Botanical 1/x

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#Rhododendron unknown species

Photo taken April 8, 2016, at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden in Federal Way, Washington.

🧐Web site rhodygarden.org

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#Rhododendron "Phyllis Korn"

This one is growing in the back yard, next to a cursed Laurel hedge (a worthless junk landscaping plant). April 6, 2024.

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"Arneson Gem"

This deciduous #Rhododendron is every bit as eye catching as she looks in the photo. The fiery orange shades of the flowers delight in mid to late spring.

Photographed in my inner back yard garden on May 3, 2023.

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#Rhododendron "Kiwi Magic"

These beautiful floralicious flowers are a feast for your eyes, your heart, and your soul. Every spring, like clockwork.

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