Rhododendron 2011

[johnw]

Sorry here are the self-sown Callunas & Ericas in the foreground.

BTW the paths and woods were in this garden had hundreds if not thousands of self-sown rhodos. Even primulas were coming up in the gravelly and mulched pathways.

johnw

[birck j c]

johnW:When Jens Birck visited this garden the owners were distraught as the previous night their garden was devastated in Hurricane Juan.  They lost countless trees but I can't recall a single damaged rhodo.  Jens calmy told them not to worry as they would have more flowers than ever before with a sunny garden - and so it has come to pass.

Yes-Strangely no rhododendron was damaged.
All the stumps look like this shown in the photo.
Snaped of 2 meters above the ground!!!!(461)

And here a good example what light can do to a rhododendron , here in Nova Scotia
-before in the shade of a tree , and seldom any flowers - note tree stump - now in full light .
(photo from johnW) (nse)

jens 

[johnw]

johnW:When Jens Birck visited this garden the owners were distraught as the previous night their garden was devastated in Hurricane Juan.  They lost countless trees but I can't recall a single damaged rhodo.  Jens calmy told them not to worry as they would have more flowers than ever before with a sunny garden - and so it has come to pass.

Yes-Strangely no rhododendron was damaged.
All the stumps look like this shown in the photo.
Snaped of 2 meters above the ground!!!!(461)
jens 

And here is that same rhodo a few years later. The pine stump has disappeared but is still in the middle of the plant.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

What luxury to have that much space..........

[johnw]

What luxury to have that much space..........

Maggi - That's only half the plant. The septic truck backed over the other half more than 20 years ago. The owner stuck the broken half in the ground and it last for several months before collapsing!

I've lost track but I think we're in the 8th week of rain and heavy fog.

johnw

[johnw]

Rhododendron kiusianum can take as much wind as you can throw at it.  This one is using a rock to hold itself up. Here's one growing right at the coast with a self-seeded camtschaticum.

johnw.

[Maggi Young]

......a self-seeded camtschaticum

I should be so lucky

[johnw]

......a self-seeded camtschaticum

I should be so lucky

Happy as a clam here as a R. camtschaticum (white form) from Jens Nielsen in 2001 has indeed flowered white. one flower.  As it grew slowly I suspected it might be be a white but then as it was still alive a couple of years later I suspected it was not white. Ten years later finally a flower and it's a white. I wouldn't care to say how many times I've tried to get one tamed.

johnw   - now cloudy and a big rain predicted for this afternoon.

[Lesley Cox]

John I'm delighted to see your white because, God forgive me, your seed is still sitting on the table, in packet, waiting to be posted. Don't know why I haven't done it. It will go tomorrow. (Monday)
Mine took a few years to flower too (not 10 though) but has grown MUCH MUCH quicker than the tiny plant which, judging from the foliage colour, will be pink or red.

[johnw]

No rush Lesley. Canada Post has been on strike since last weekend and Air Canada - the postal carrier - as well. Both were legislated back to work. Chances are NZ would not have sent them along anyway. 

Teeming here yet again.  The camtschaticums are loving this weather.

johnw

[FrazerHenderson]

At one time this plant considered to be the height of fashion - now we would call it garish, and yet who could not be bowled over by R. dalhousiae var.rhabdotum with its candy-stripes?

[johnw]

At one time this plant considered to be the height of fashion - now we would call it garish, and yet who could not be bowled over by R. dalhousiae var.rhabdotum with its candy-stripes?

Completely bowled over here!  Well done.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

This Forum is still in sad lack of a scent button.... lovely dalhousiae, Frazer!

[Lesley Cox]

Truly gorgeous.

[johnw]

Rhododendron 'St. Valentine' in flower today.

johnw