ROAN MOUNTAIN — It is that magical time of year again, the time when the Catawba rhododendrons bloom at the top of Roan Mountain, and the oldest festival in Upper East Tennessee, the Rhododendron ...

We live in a beautiful part of the world where spring can come early or late, but you can’t stop the tapestry of green as new foliage emerges from trees and shrubs for the next few months. This is a ...

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Tropical Asia is well known for its spectacular rainforests loaded with many species of palms and carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants but it is easy to miss the tropical Vireya Rhododendrons growing ...

For generations of gardeners, and certainly for me, rhododendrons represent the arrival of spring in our local landscapes. Everywhere you go this time of year, there is a stunning rhododendron in full ...

FITZWILLIAM, N.H. (AP) — The flowers are blooming at New Hampshire’s Rhododendron State Park. Bushes of Rhododendron maximum, also known as great laurel or rosebay, are opening their buds, with most ...

Missed it again. Here it is July already, and the most spectacular show in the mountains -- at least until the leaves turn in October -- has once more passed me by. I'm talking about the rhododendrons ...

Lightly pruning rhododendrons and azaleas in the fall will ensure they remain healthy and in good shape. Focus on removing any dead or diseased branches – they're easy to spot by their lack of leaves ...

I got a call a few years ago I did not quite understand. A reader, client and friend told me she thought her PJM rhododendron was in bloom. This week I had some stressed lilac in bloom. Rhododendrons ...

A team of American and Chinese researchers set out this summer to better understand the phenomenon. By documenting the flowering patterns of 34 different rhododendron species, they discovered that ...