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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: Can rhododendrons be trimmed back without damaging them? And when is the best time of the year to do so? A: Vigorous rhododendrons can be cut back to about half their size at the time of year when ...

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 ...

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 ...

are moderate perennials native to South Africa. They need well drained soils—particularly during the dormant winter months, or they will rot and not reappear the following year. They come in a wide ...

Rhododendrons, our state flower, are shade-loving plants that bloom in the spring beneath the native fir and cedar trees. The Olympian We live in a beautiful part of the world where spring can come ...