I’ve been wanting to go to the Weyerhauser Rhododendron Garden since last Tuesday when a lady on their board told me that it was prime time. Today’s sunshine was all the push I needed to head out to give my new camera a work out.
I’ve taken so many rhododendron pictures over the years that I now find myself drawn to those that look atypical, and this one called Cinnabarnium certainly doesn’t look like any rhododendron I’ve ever seen before:
This one didn’t look very typical, either, though the colors are:
This rather striking one is more typical:
And this one, with its brilliant pinks, could be an archetypical rhodie, showing why it’s the State Flower of Washington:
Rhododendrons are probably my favorite flower, perhaps because they remind me of home. Home wouldn’t be home without a rhodie, or two, or three.
The top one is absolutely gorgeous, but like nothing I’ve ever seen either.
While we can grow many things here in Mississippi, rhododendrons are one thing that doesn’t work. We have azaleas, a close relative, and they’re beautiful, but my inner gardener wants to grow everything. So I’m jealous of your rhodies.