Rhododendron 2015

[johnw]

Forumist enthusiasm have had me paying more attention to the autumn colour progress of my pair of Enkianthus perrulatus 'Compactus'.  The camera fails to catch the  brilliance of the reds and yellows.  Note the difference in the leaf coloration around that beige dead leaf in the two pix.  0Two shots from this morning.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Startlingly bright colours, aren't they?  Love  'em!

[Gabriela]

Forumist enthusiasm have had me paying more attention to the autumn colour progress of my pair of Enkianthus perrulatus 'Compactus'.  The camera fails to catch the  brilliance of the reds and yellows.  Note the difference in the leaf coloration around that beige dead leaf in the two pix.  0Two shots from this morning.

johnw

It is the inside beige and yellow leaves that make for its particular glow. I had intentions of placing a yellow light inside the Itea virginica, which has almost the same red foliage, but it's too far from the house; it wouldn't have look the same anyway...

[johnw]

15c yesterday, vast amounts of rain, a frost last night and a skid of snow on rooves (odd this comes up as a spelling error) this morning. Crazy weather. Got home late and tried to shoot that Enkianthus perrulatus 'Compactus' as it was suddenly in full autumn dress, blurry I'm afraid but you get the picture. Doubt any foiiage after last night.

A scramble to get things under cover last night. Notably the Green Mile Podophyllum pleianthums and versipelles were as green as in mid summer whereas others had gone down.

johnw

[Lori S.]

Gorgeous colours!

... rooves (odd this comes up as a spelling error) ...

Ummm, that's because it is one... "roofs" is the plural. 

[johnw]

Gorgeous colours!
Ummm, that's because it is one... "roofs" is the plural. 

Rooves taught in school in these parts and apparently - googling   - also used in NZ and Oz. Don't know about the UK.

john

[David Nicholson]

It varies John, I usually use 'roofs' but my wife uses 'rooves'. It don't matter a jot at the end of the day.

[ashley]

'Rooves' in Ireland too.

[Lori S.]

Very interesting!  I've looked into it further... and I'll be darned.  The usage of "rooves" for the plural is described in some references as "archaic"... I'm getting to be pretty archaic myself so it's funny I was never exposed to this!   
johnw, I'm utterly amazed to hear that "rooves" is taught in Nova Scotia!

[ashley]

... The usage of "rooves" for the plural is described in some references as "archaic"...

Applicable in my case anyway

[johnw]

Applicable in my case anyway

Hee.  One reference says "you are quite correct using rooves if you are 260 years or older....."

johnw

[Thorkild Godsk]

Rhododendron
Is there anyone who will help with the name of this Rhododendron,
may be R. fortunei?
Thorkild. DK.

[johnw]

Hard to tell if it is pure R. fortunei but it certainly appears to be one.  Are the petioles dark red/purple?  Compare it with these.

john

[Robert]

R. pubescens in the garden today. This and other species, such as R. racemosum, etc., have proven to be fairly drought tolerant. They have survived the drought with basically no damage at all. 



I can not say the same for the big leaf Rhododendrons. They have been very heat tolerant for us, however everyone in the garden died this year due to the drought conditions. Some were fairly old and established. 

This R. preptum, in a large container, is looking good. I was able to give it plenty of water. I do have back-up seedlings of some of the other big-leaf species, so I will be giving them another try out in the garden if the drought ends this year.



The deciduous azaleas did well too, despite 4 years of drought.

Rhododendron luteum 'Golden Comet' with a bit of autumn color remaining.

[Adam Fischer]

I have two similar rhododendrons (lapponicum) in my garden and I can confirm that they don't like direct midday sun. One is located under cherry tree and is doing fine, but the other one gets more midday sun and it does not thrive at all - it is susceptible to diseases. I have also Azaleas 'Rosy Lights' and it does not mind full sun. So it depends on the species but in general rhododendrons like to grow under trees: rhododendron growing conditions. Rhododednrons under trees don't need so much water either.

Enjoy your plants