I’m not sure what kind of rhododendron this is. I posted its picture in a different group and someone sent me here. The pictures were taken about 10 years apart and the woman in the picture is about 5 foot two. The owner of the Rhododendron doesn’t do any kind of maintenance to it. Just lets it grow.
We have this huge Rhododendron in our front yard at the corner of our house. I want to trim it away from our house and also give it a more even round look.
I know you should trim right after it blooms to make sure it keeps all the buds for next year. Any other tips on how to trim to make sure it still looks just as great next spring?
Our garden is getting more colour virtually daily, some of our Azaleas are now in full bloom.
‘Jean Marie’, as it commonly called, is quite abundant in the Pacific Northwest gardens, for foundation garden plantings and specimen shrubs, and is in my opinion is probably the best Red,and possibly the highest rated. If you’re looking for a red you just can’t go wrong with this hybrid. It was the first one I bought in 1982 and it preforms well and usually without fail. It holds its color well and the foliage is a dark green. It also makes a great cut flower for the vase, as it is usually in bloom for Mother’s Day!
Blooms: Abundant showy vibrant, scarlet-red, wavy-edged flowers, dome shaped trusses, with a sight, dark red spotting in throat, 3.125 “ across. When in full bloom it is a show stopper. Planting in masses it really is a Wow factor!
Foliage: Rich dark green, leathery leaves that often have a distinct V-shape. Considered a vigorous grower, with a dense, mounding habit. Leaves are kept for three years, and often elliptic or oblanceolate make it look fuller. Winter foliage remains dark green. Dense habit.
Performance: It is known for being sun-tolerant, but preforms best in part shade to dappled shade, protected from the hot afternoon sun. Practically every new “red” introduced must be judged against ‘Jean Marie’ to see if it is better, and few actually pass the grade.
Height: 5 feet in 10 years.
Cold Hardiness Temp. -5°. USDA. (-21°C).
Hybridized: C B. van Nes & Sons.
Parentage: griffithianum x unknown
I pruned it about 10 years ago. It's so beautiful
I never like to kill plants, but my wife wants this gone. Is this Rhododendron savalagable?
Rhododendron ‘Anah Kruschke’ is an attractive, hardy hybrid with a compact mounding growth habit growing well in morning sun and a dappled or high open afternoon shade. Foliage is dense and lush with dark green leaves to 4.5 inches. Flowers are reddish-purple, with deep purplish-red spotting on the dorsal lobe and are carried in a tight conical-shaped, medium sized truss. It makes a good cut flower for Mother’s Day, when it’s in bloom. Blooms profusely and become a beautiful sight when in full bloom. Grows over 7 feet in 50 years. Prefers well drained moist soil, not wet.
Hybridizer: Kruschke , Wright. Sr. & Jr. 1973).
One of my favorite lavender Rhododendrons is ‘Arthur Bedford’. It’s a larger upright and vigorous hybrid that is an oldie but goodie. It tolerates exposure to full sun but will have darker foliage in partial shade. Its funnel shaped flowers with ruffled edges are pale mauve to lavender-blue with a distinctive brownish-red dorsal blotch. This is a good selection for a background plant as
overtime it grows large and wider. Bees like it, making it an addition to pollinator gardens. Does well in acidic,rich well drained soil. Also it’s verticillium wilt resistant.
Blooms: First week of May.
Flowers: Pale mauve to lavender-blue with a distinctive brownish -red blotch dorsal blotch. Funnel shaped flowers with ruffled edges. 3.5 “ across held in dome shaped trusses of 11 to 16 flowers. Light fragrance.
Foliage: Leaves oblong-elliptic, thick up to 6.5 inches long, glossy, dark green with reddish-purple stems, retained 1 year.
Hybridizer: T.H.Lowinsky 1936. Developed in Britain.
Parentage: (mauve seedling x ponticum) .
We inherited a couple of beautiful rhododendrons at the house we bought last year. After two years of blooms, we’d like to clean up a bit. From our house view, they look great. But from the sides they don’t seem as healthy.
Pics are from a few weeks ago, but blooms are done for this year. We’re totally new to these plants, so we are scared lol. Don’t want to kill them or over prune. Would love someone to explain it to me like I’m 5 or mark up the pics, but that’s prob asking too much haha. TIA!
After all our white ones are almost going out of bloom, now most of the colored rhododendrons in our garden are blooming, treating us to a nice palette of colors.
I transplanted a rhododendron a neighbor did not want last Fall in my yard. This Spring I’ve noticed the extent of the leaf spot infection and some other dead branches to prune out.
I don’t want to stress it out more after transplanting and now flowering, when is a good time?
And from what I’ve read I should remove ALL the infected leaves, yes?
MN zone 4b
Thank you
I love these ones! We've been getting some great weather lately and the rhoddies have been loving it, as have I!!
Hey everyone, we have several rotos on the property that have these symptoms. We lost a big one last year, and want to do whatever we can to save these.
Searched through other posts, but I'm not sure if this is fungal or Winter burn, so I'm not clear on what to do.
Appreciate any and all help! Thank you!
My rhodies garden is in full swing, but one of them suddenly is dying! It can’t be water issue because the rest around it are flourishing, and in Pacific Northwest it’s usually always raining!
This is absurd