FOTD – May 20 – RHODODENDRONS
After having cut down our rose bushes so much that they have not grown back, other plants have decided they can grow. The Rhododendrons have been in the garden since we built it up and added other flowers, but it never grew. The roses took over the garden and grew like mad.
They are blooming like crazy. They are white and rather, I’m told, rare. Almost all the Rhododendrons I’ve seen are some kind of pink or violet or even dark purple.
So here they are. I’m amazed the roses didn’t come back. I’m a little sad to lose them because they were pretty, but they were also about as cozy as barbed wire. They made it almost impossible to get into the garden to care for it. They snagged any clothing you were wearing. Even getting rid of the cuttings was an undertaking.
The roses were really beautiful from a distance, but a peril to life and skin. So I’m sorry, but I’m not sorry.
These are gorgeous rhodies. Beautiful photography Marilyn 😀
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Thanks Cee 🙂 I’m finally learning to use my very long lense all-in-one camera.
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The roses are coming back. We are going to have to cut them back soon. Again or they will overtake everything else in the garden.
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I think they are gorgeous!
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I’m amazed. For years, they never even put out a bud, much less a flower. All they needed was the end of those clawing roses.
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They are. And striking, so white against the dark green leaves.
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