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I'm quite pleased with myself over the title on this one. It fits with my musical rhododendron theme, and the reason I'm posting it is to give you an idea of the size of some of the rhodys around here!
I know this is not the most wonderful of photographs. Telephone wires, chain link fences, vehicles going by. But without those rather annoying elements, you wouldn't know how HUGE these bushes are! My purpose in posting this is purely illustrative.
Not all rhodys are this big, of course. Most of them range between three and seven feet tall. (The small apricot-colored rhody in front of the big ones is much more normal.) This particular variety, with those hot pink blooms, gets quite large, and they are always just COVERED with flowers.
So forgive me the non-beautiful indicators of scale, and just marvel at the sheer magnitude of these amazing rhododendrons!
Comments (29)
visionart
Never Seen Anything Like This Before....You Must Live In The Garden Of Eden!.....Outstanding Capture Tara!!!!
Cosine
This is so well done. You are exactly right about needing the other stuff in there for scale. I drove by the biggest ones I know of today, but I think these might be bigger. "Mine" are up to the roof of a two-story house. They were a bit past their prime, so I didn't shoot them. Wanna have some Rhody wars? LOL
Merrylee
Those are huge, but gorgeous....Thanks for sharing Tara
auntietk
Oooohh. A rhody war. Sounds like fun, my friend! We'll be famous. The War Of The Rhodys. (Didn't they already have one of those? Oh - perhaps it was roses. Never mind!) :)
sharky_
Very eye catching. Beautiful.... Aloha
MrsLubner
I can't offer humungous rhodys but I have a really large oleander. Probably not on the scale of these rhodys and probably not the biggest ever seen, but my white oleander is at least 40 years old and is as tall as my house. It would be bigger but 6 years ago I trimmed it considerably when I realized we were having windstorms that were gusting around 60 mph. Since it was close to the house, I made sure it couldn't do any damage to shingles, gutters and wooden siding. These rhodys are spectacular!
prionbrain
This one gorgeous shot:)))!!! Love the Rhododendron colours!!! Amazing!!! Sorry I can supply any amunitions for the Rhody war;)... :)))
Hendesse
Stunning shot, so many flowers. Looks fantastic!!
Kelena
That looks greataa) maybe you are able to take a closer view.
Richardphotos
I am glad you included the fence and cars to really get a sense of the enormity of the trees . the blossoms are awesome. I may try to plant one here
Janiss
Such marvelous colors... outstanding shot tara!
Fred255
Well it looks like you have mastered taking photo's of red flowers, this is great!
Cosme..D..Churruca
Fantastic ! A most beautiful capture.
valere16
very beautiful flowers
hipps13
beautiful image no words need to be said
awjay
wowww
Onslow
Super capture - great idea to show the size and scale of these that is so easily lost in photographs
helanker
WOOOW ! What a sight !!! Gorgeous colors indeed. I only have a little Rhododendron and it just started to blossom and they are not in that wonderful colors. Brilliant capture, Tara :)
goodoleboy
Well done, Tara! No original comments today. Anything and everything I have to say would just be a repetition of what has been said above.
acquilon
fantastic brava
RobyHermida
that it plants this is it??? very beautiful!!
lizzibell
Very nice photo...
NekhbetSun
Jumpin' Jehosophat ! them's sum big flowers Mizz Tara :o) Seriously, quite amazing really....I sure didn't realize rhody's got that big ! Thanks for posting this...hugzzzzz
Silvra
WOOOOOW! Ein Bluetenrausch!
rainbows
Never seen Rhodies this tall, Tara. Ever!! Super shot. Hugs. Diane.
lilbiscuit
Awesome! Great shot!
alhak
beautiful shot!
Digitaleagle
What a giant beauty, you almost don't see the fence and the cars.
vaggabondd
Those are hugh and I love the colors. I hope you post a close up of these flowers sometimes. :)