Magenta Rhododendron

This large rhododendron blooms late, at the end of the great flowering wave of Moosey Rhododendrons. It is sheltered in Middle Garden near the water race, and can be easily seen from the house lawns

The colour is a strong deep magenta, and the next door rhododendron is a bright purple-blue. Both seem to be very late flowering - it's almost summer as I write this, and they've only been blooming for a week or so.

A few years ago I spent days cutting out and limbing-up the original Pittosporum trees in this garden, to give the under-planted rhododendrons more space to grow. Brilliant displays of colours like this are my reward.