Like most beginning gardeners, I planted rhododendrons in my first garden. Then I got an attitude and dissed them as too common for a gardener growing in knowledge and sophistication. Let's call ...

Almost everyone in the Northwest has a rhododendron in the garden. They are easy to grow, most kinds are not rare or expensive and they burst into spectacular bloom in the spring. They are so ...

Though both pots and ground are feasible, rhododendron will thrive better when planted in the ground. Grow rhododendron in pots when soil is not acidic enough or too chalky or clay-heavy.

Elaine Sedlack, head gardener for the Asian section of the University of California Botanic Garden, knows her rhododendrons. She's in charge of some 300 species, subspecies, varieties and hybrids ...

For sheer "flower power," few landscape shrubs can match the colorful elegance of rhododendrons. Available in a wide array of colors including white, pink, red, lavender and deep purple ...

Rhododendrons. You’ll see these handsome blooming shrubs — some as tall as trees — during a stroll through the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, or on a visit to Point Defiance Park in ...

Springtime is rhododendron time. Spring in the mountains has other charms, from the pastel colors of early April to the balmy afternoons of June. But for sheer, over-the-top spectacle, nothing ...

Every Tuesday at 9 a.m. Helen Hiatt makes her way to the rhododendron garden at the . She immediately sets to work weeding or snapping off faded flowers on decades-old plants. Hiatt heads up the ...

PORT ANGELES — Guest speaker Bob Zimmerman will discuss rhododendron varieties that grow naturally in the wild, how to grow these rhododendrons from seed and why it might be a good idea to do so at ...