Ericaceae - Heath Family
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 28
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Spring
This Rosebay Rhododendron lives at the Asheville Botanical Gardens. ashevillebotanicalgardens.org
Summer
The White and Pink White Flowers of the Rosebay Rhododendron were blooming all over Asheville and the mountains around the city when I took this photo in June. The best place to go to see this tree is the Appalachian mountains. The Pisgah National forest is filled to the brim with these beautiful trees. The Smokey Mountains National Park is another great location.
The mountain I live on was covered in blooms that look just like this. They are clusters of five petaled flowers.
Tonight, as I am typing this post, the summer sounds are all around me. I have the windows open and the night insects are singing very loudly. I love this sound and I will enjoy it while it lasts, for soon enough it will be gone. The night sound is the music of the katydids, crickets, cicadas, and tree frogs.
Fall
Winter
For the love of the trees,
Becky
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 28
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Spring
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| The Rosebay Rhododendron - Rhododendron maximum |
Summer
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| Rosebay Rhododendron, Rhododrendon maximum |
The mountain I live on was covered in blooms that look just like this. They are clusters of five petaled flowers.
Tonight, as I am typing this post, the summer sounds are all around me. I have the windows open and the night insects are singing very loudly. I love this sound and I will enjoy it while it lasts, for soon enough it will be gone. The night sound is the music of the katydids, crickets, cicadas, and tree frogs.
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| Rosebay Rhododendron in November |
Winter
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| The Rosebay Rhododendron. Photo by Robert Priddy http://www.robertpriddyphoto.com/ |
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| The Rosebay Rhododendron. |
Becky
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