Hey Folks, Not much is new (visibly, at least) at the grove this week as far as the blooms go. Each week when I walk the loop I notice a few more flower buds (not new ones, I just didn’t see them before) but the numbers are down this year. The buds are still as […]
Rhododendron Bloom Reports
Weekly updates on the status of blooms at Rhododendron State Park.
Rhododendron Bloom Report: June 15, 2018
Hey Folks, Here it is again-halfway through June and not much is happening at the Rhododendron Grove in the way of blooms yet. They will come in a month or so – this species normally blooms around the middle of July, almost a month later than the hybridized cultivars that are common and visible in […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: May 27, 2018
Hello and welcome to the 2018 series of bloom reports for Rhododendron State Park in Fitzwilliam, NH! Normally, as is the case this year the flowers of the native Rhododendron maximus at the grove in Fitzwilliam don’t start to open up until after the beginning of the month of July, with the most blooms visible […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: August 14, 2017
Hey folks- This will be the last “Bloom Report” of the 2017 season. Next season’s blog will start sometime towards the end of June 2018 (depending on the weather of course). There were two or three unusually late blooms I could see from the trail a few days ago, but most everything else has “gone […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: August 1, 2017
Hey folks, As July ends and August begins, the grove here at Rhododendron State Park is just about finished with this year’s flowers. A few blossoms here and there may be seen still, but any of this season’s flower buds (even the latest ones) have opened up. There won’t be any more new blooms until […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 25, 2017
Hey folks, Although the main blooming event of 2017 is almost over, there are still plenty of flowers to be seen at the grove this week. Some of you may have seen in this posting from last week how I mentioned how unlikely it would be to get some cold rainy days in July? Well, […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 19, 2017
Hey folks- Even though this last weekend was considered the height of the bloom season, there are still plenty of flowers to be seen at the Rhododendron State Park grove – perhaps for the next week or so, depending on the weather. If we get some cool rainy days (not really that likely – it […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 10, 2017
Hi folks- Sorry about the lack of a bloom report last week – it was a busy week for all of us, what with the Fourth of July landing on a Tuesday this year. As the photos all show, there’s a lot of range within the grove at Rhododendron State Park as far as the […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: June 26, 2017
Hi folks – What with the weather being more typical (cooler at night) for a New England June (whatever that means), the rhododendrons at Rhododendron State Park in Fitzwilliam, NH are still on track for the middle of July being the greatest amount of flowers in full bloom for the season. There are quite a […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: June 20, 2017
Hey folks, The flower buds at Rhododendron State Park in Fitzwilliam, NH are beginning to expand a bit in some places. In the shadier spots you may see some buds that have not visibly “woken up,” but in other lighter locations some buds might show some pink color or even be opening up a little. […]