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Rhododendron, 'Olive'
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Posted by botann z8 SEof Seattle (My Page) on Mon, Mar 2, 09 at 8:51
| I obtained this plant in a trade years ago as a rooted cutting. The previous owner called it 'Olive'. It blooms at the end of February and into March here near Seattle.
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RE: Rhododendron, 'Olive'
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| Yes, there is a Rhododendron Olive. See the link below with pictures. But let me ask you something unrelated... is that water just inches away from the house??? |
Here is a link that might be useful: R. Olive
RE: Rhododendron, 'Olive'
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- Posted by botann z8 SEof Seattle (My Page) on
Thu, Mar 26, 09 at 12:01
It's not a house. It's a small cabin I built years ago down by a pond I dug with a bulldozer. My buddies and I can sit around in there and drink beer and not bother my wife. ;-)
It has a wood stove, a couple of refrigerators, TV, and a sleeping loft. It's built over a hand dug well that isn't used, except for frogs, newts, and salamanders. It's connected to the pond by a ditch.
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RE: Rhododendron, 'Olive'
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- Posted by botann z8 SEof Seattle (My Page) on
Thu, Jan 21, 10 at 23:24
Here's the same Rhododendron a year later. No, not quite a year. Eleven months to be exact. I took this picture today, on January 21st. The pics above were taken in the third week of February last year. Our January has been the warmest on record so far, but a month earlier?!!
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RE: Rhododendron, 'Olive'
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| Your rhodie seems to like it if it is blooming this early. Our winter has not been terribly cold but we did get a really bad snow storm a week ago that dumped in one day what was an incredible -for this area- 9 inches of snow. To put things into perspective, we normally get less than half ina whole winter season. Many live oaks and other trees lost limbs, etc. Except for camellias and some Flowering Quince, everything here is still "asleep" so it is nice to see your Olive going gangbusters over there... |
RE: Rhododendron, 'Olive'
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- Posted by botann z8 SEof Seattle (My Page) on
Sat, Feb 27, 10 at 6:16
Nine inches of snow in Fort worth Texas is a lot of snow! I spent a almost year near there at Shepard AFB in the sixties. A few years later I donated a Blue China Fir to the Dallas Botanical Garden.
I'm amazed you can grow rhododendrons there. Here's another rhody blooming now. Spring has sprung early this year here near Seattle. 
Wish I knew the name of it.
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RE: Rhododendron, 'Olive'.
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- Posted by botann z8 SEof Seattle (My Page) on
Thu, Feb 17, 11 at 0:33
This picture was taken Feb. 10, 2011. We have had a few frosts at night since then and the trusses don't look so good now. 'Olive'
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RE: Rhododendron, 'Olive'
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Tue, Apr 19, 11 at 12:01
| Its hybrid parentage consists of two very early blooming species. |
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