We had a very poor weekend weatherwise but we did get some brief sun early yesterday, so I shot the rhododendron in our garden. Pretty garish, don’t you think? We grew it from tiny and it was several years before it even began to flower. It’s not a colour I’d have chosen if I’d seen it in the shop. However there is a clump of bluebells next to it and there is a delicious contrast between the two.
Mister Bump 
These are lovely. I look forward each year to the rhododendrons appearing in May.
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yeah, we do too. There’s a back road down here where they have taken over, as in 30-feet bushes. Also we have Exbury Gardens, down by the Solent, who specialise in rhodo and azalea. In fact, that might hve been where we bought ours, as a seedling.
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I have two in large pots but they haven’t flowered this year. I blame the daughter for moving them.
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That’s what children are for, no?
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Exactly! 😀
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Very pretty!
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It looks really good, those few weeks when it is in flower.
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I agree with the contrast between the two types of flowers 🙂 In our neighborhood, many houses have azaleas in the front yards, and their blooms are really bright and colorful — something I look forward to when spring arrives.
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It’s true that, now that my eyes are not so good, I appreciate the vividness of flowers more, and I love it when people post images of flowers on here. But I think we might have chosen better than Barbie Pink 🤣
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Typical couple; boy subdued bluebells in the background, girl takes longer to bloom but is bright and fully featured.
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only you could see that, KK 🤣
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