Bright Red Rhododendron

This is one of my bargain bin specials, glowing in the weak late-spring sunshine. It's planted over the water race in the back of the Dog-Path Garden.

Bargain Bin Red

Since it came to me at a ridiculously low cost I don't know the rhododendron's name, or even how big it's going to get (I suspect it will end up a little less than a metre in height). While happy for the moment with the assorted shrubs of the Dog-Path garden, I have to be careful that the nearby Viburnum Tinus shrubs don't crowd the rhododendron out.

I've also pruned out limbs of neighbouring Pittosporums so that I can see this beautifully coloured rhododendron in flower from the other side of the water race. It's easy to miss these back-of-the-border plantings when the weather is dodgy and garden walks are often kept close to the house.