Pale Rhododendron

White and Pink Rhododendron

This pale pink and white rhododendron started life in Middle garden with no relief from the fierce mid-summer sun. Unhappily it sulked a lot and refused to flower after its first year. But in the summer of 2004 changes were afoot...

A New Home by the Dog Kennel

During the lightning garden makeover in 2004 which created the Dog Kennel Garden Stephen suggested that some rhododendrons might like it in here - sheltered, moist, open but with some shade.

It was mid-summer, and shifting plants at this time of year brings predictions of doom and slow death - this from the very person who made the rhododendron suggestion. So as soon as I was alone in the garden, before I lost my nerve, this rather large and permanently sulking shrub was quickly dug out and dragged over Middle Bridge.

It survives in its new location, even if the leaves look a little yellow and sickly - at least its been watered and fed (i.e. manured). I am hoping to amaze myself with floriferous photographs taken this coming spring!