Rhododendron

We’ve never had a rhododendron before….so I watched the buds carefully this spring at our new home in Nixa MO…wondering when they would open. I already knew from seeing rhododendron in public gardens and in other yards that it would be the “plant of the month” whenever it bloomed. May is its month!

The buds opened very quickly once they got started! I went out after a light rain one warm afternoon about a week ago…and found that many had opened…and flowers were unfurling.

The plant is between two windows – with the wall that is the gas fireplace on the inside making a bland background. Now the remaining question is - how long the blooms will last? There still seem to be a lot of buds that haven’t opened.