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| I have one plant, of all the ones I have in pots, that is starting a blossom.
it's in the process of opening up and I think it's going to be a full bloom, within the next day or so.. isn't that kinda weird? it's not labeled and it's a salmon color one, from all appearances..
Becky...Washington state..warm summer this year and moderate. |
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- Posted by seaglassic PNW-8 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 3, 07 at 2:50
| also mentioning that I did absolutely nothing special to care for them..just watered them regularly this season and never did feed anything. |
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- Posted by sharon4457 7 Woodstock (My Page) on Tue, Sep 4, 07 at 0:41
| I also have buds on mine...I'm pretty sure they aren't leaf buds. They are suppose to be spring bloomers, but I'm wondering if the late frost/freeze affected their bloom time. |
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| Rhododendrons sometimes rebloom. Reasons are usually weather-related. Reblooming often follows a period of stress, such as heavy rain and cool temperatures after a drought, although it happens occasionally even when growing conditions are good. There are several red that I see reblooming most years locally and at the beach....I don't know if it's a particular characteristic of this red, or, if because they are red, they are more noticeable from the street/highway :) |
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- Posted by seaglassic PNW-8 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 4, 07 at 12:32
| well, it's been a weird summer... and while it was in the process of blooming, I took pictures of it. it's been a strange month of August, while we usually have the heat of the summer, it's been rather mild, with a few 80-90 degree days. last night it was thunder and crashing lightning, followed by torential rain. I would say that this one is going to be a survivor for sure. |
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- Posted by seaglassic PNW-8 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 4, 07 at 20:29
| oh man...out in the yard, is a second one..same color, also in the early stage of sending out a blossom. so, I drug it close to the other one and now they are sitting there, side by side..just looking very healthy. I have one large one, called "Mikkeli"..it's a rather new one from the Netherlands. Sasha Mikkeli...kindof a catchy name. |
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| That is a pretty name. Clearly, people do name their rhododendron crosses after their children, not so often - their children after rhododendrons :) |
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| Elizabeth and Elizabeth Hobbie are red Rhodies that rebloom rather reliably in the Fall in our area. |
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