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Some gardeners prefer a neatly trimmed mound in their winter landscape, so they cut back their grasses in late fall. Others enjoy the colors, movement, and sound that grasses contribute to winter ...
Rhododendron (/ ˌ r oʊ d ə ˈ d ɛ n d r ən /; pl.: rhododendra) is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants and in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are native to eastern Asia and the Himalayan region, but smaller numbers occur elsewhere in Asia, and in North America ...
Old wood hydrangeas can be cut back by one third. Don't prune these hydrangeas down to the ground, but, if you're trying to reduce the size of the plant, trim it down by one third.
Rhododendron flammeum, also known as the Oconee azalea after the river in Georgia where was first discovered. [1] With a species name of flammeum, it can be confused with the flame azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum). [1] Growing in the form of a shrub in dry woods, on slopes, ridges and stream bluffs, the Oconee blooms in the spring. [4]
Rhododendron maximum is a species of Rhododendron native to the Appalachians of eastern North America, from Alabama north to coastal Nova Scotia. Its common names include great laurel , [ 2 ] great rhododendron , rosebay rhododendron , American rhododendron and big rhododendron .
Rhododendron catawbiense, with common names Catawba rosebay, [2] Catawba rhododendron, [3] mountain rosebay, [3] purple ivy, [3] purple laurel, [3] purple rhododendron, [3] red laurel, [3] rosebay, [3] rosebay laurel, [3] is a species of Rhododendron native to the eastern United States, growing mainly in the southern Appalachian Mountains from West Virginia south to northern Alabama.
In cultivation, Rhododendron spinuliferum grows best in acidic soils of pH 4–6 with a shady aspect and significant organic material in the soil, [2] although excess shade will result in few flowers and leggy habit. Readily propagated by seed or cuttings, it flowers in four to five years from seed. [3] Hybrid cultivars derived from this ...
Rhododendron occidentale, the western azalea [1] or California azalea, is one of two deciduous Rhododendron species native to western North America (the other is Rhododendron albiflorum). The western azalea is known to occur as far north as Lincoln and Douglas Counties in Oregon and as far south as the mountains of San Diego county.