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Rodies Are Just Blooming - Crazy Cold Spring

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  1. Jewell

    Jewell Incorrigible Gardener Plants Contributor

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    It has been a crazy spring. Yesterday we got our first day of temps to 70F. Cold and rainy for months on end. The rhodies are usually finished blooming by now, but some of the later blooming varieties are just beginning. Most are just showing their glory. Here are a few of mine and the neighbors that lean over the fence.


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    Happy Gardening :stew2:
     
    Jewell, Jun 4, 2011
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  2. Netty

    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Gorgeous!!
     
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    Pianolady In Flower

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    Beautiful! I especially love the color of the one in the 4th photo.
     
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I have a purple rhodie in my garden that has just started to flower. After seeing your beauties I might just invest in a few different colours.
     
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    Frank GardenStew Founder Staff Member Administrator

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    Everything looks so healthy and alive Jewell. And your sky is a clear blue. Great stuff.
     
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    Those gorgeous colors just made me smile!
     
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    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    Rhododendrons always put on a good springtime show. Yours look great!!

    Jerry
     
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    I really enjoy seeing pics from your garden. These ones of the blooming Rhodies are so nice to see--they give an idea of what you have going on there.

    They really are what I consider late to bloom this year...but none-the-less smashing.
    I don't want to be a pest...but do you have any more pics from your garden? :)
     
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    Sorry you have had a Spring so late to warm up. Those blooms sure are worth the wait though... Here's to warm temps for you from here on.
     
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    Lovely Rhodies,..looking at those pictures you get a very,..in the tropics feeling!.
     
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    Jewell Incorrigible Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Thanks Netty, Pianolady, Frank, Cherylad and Jerry.
    Philip I only wish it felt a little tiny bit tropical. Feeling like I'll never get out of the three layers of sweaters this year.
    MaryAnn I need to start doing a sunshine dance. Not too much rain, just coooool temps.
    Sjoerd I am looking forward to summer break and some time to take some photos. Am finishing up with the showcase for our grant this week, a few more trainings and July looks like it is mine. I should have some pics from the neighborhood garden walk coming up week after next. Can't wait to see some other little local gardens. I get great ideas every year from this little walk about.
    Eileen I walk around the neighborhood and enjoy all the different colors. Thank goodness for other peoples gardens. Rhodies (a large native pink) are also our state flower.
     
    Jewell, Jun 10, 2011
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    Lovely rhodies Jewell. Ours haven't started blooming properly yet. Like you our spring's been very cold. And wet.
     
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