It is spring in Gwynedd, north Wales, and looking up into the rich canopy of foliage gripping the craggy coastline, delicate oak tree leaves are stretching their fresh, knobbly lobes in the sunshine.
Rhododendrons became popular during the Victorian period and it was widely planted as a garden ornamental. However, this invasive shrub spreads very quickly by prolific seeding and then layering of ...
Nothing could be more welcome after a long rainy season than the sight of glossy green rhododendrons festooned with big, bright blooms. And they’ve flowered early this spring around Western Washington ...
Every Tuesday at 9 a.m. Helen Hiatt makes her way to the rhododendron garden at the . She immediately sets to work weeding or snapping off faded flowers on decades-old plants. Hiatt heads up the ...
The answer is that the two gardens fulfill different purposes, said Holden president and CEO Clement Hamilton. As nice as the old rhododendron garden is, "It wasn't set up to tell stories," Hamilton ...
It’s a season when thousands of tulips blanket public spaces and blossoming magnolia and fruit trees cast a lace-like splendor over home landscapes. Many believe this is the most beautiful Northeast ...
Many garden enthusiasts are leery of planting rhododendrons and azaleas, afraid that anything so showy must be a diva that demands pampering. Not true, said Tere Cole, lead horticulturalist at Holden ...
April is the month that Eureka typically celebrates the rhododendron in grand style. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, this year’s Rhododendron Parade — sponsored by the Rotary Club of Old Town Eureka — and ...
The Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, nestled in Southeast Portland between Reed College and the Eastmoreland Golf Course, is one of the most distinctive botanical gardens in the city. At 9.5 acres ...