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Category: Rhododendron Bloom Reports

Weekly updates on the status of blooms at Rhododendron State Park.

Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 23, 2015

July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 Ted Lenk 1 Comment

Although a few blooms here and there can be seen in the grove, the main “event” of flowers blooming  has slipped by us once again. There are several places along the trail where a bush has numerous blooms that are just now reaching fullness, but most of the flower petals from the past week’s blooms […]

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Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 16, 2015

July 18, 2015July 18, 2015 Ted Lenk Leave a comment

It’s really quite pretty in the grove this week. Lots of fully developed blooms can be seen for the next few days throughout the Rhododendron area. As usual, some places will be almost devoid of blooms, and other places will be almost profuse (if one could say that about this year’s show-it is a bit […]

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Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 9, 2015

July 10, 2015July 10, 2015 Ted Lenk Leave a comment

This week there are lots of fully blooming flowers to be seen at Rhododendron State Park. “Peak bloom” is a bit early this year. Perhaps the weather has affected the timing. I suspect that it will always be a mystery. Plants are often that way and sometimes that can be a good thing. It helps […]

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Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 2, 2015

July 6, 2015July 6, 2015 Ted Lenk Leave a comment

It seems that we’ve had enough rain for a bit. Plants generally do better with more moisture, though. Rhododendrons, being in the heath family, have fine roots as opposed to a central taproot, so water storage in the plant is poor. Often, “wild” rhododendrons do better in a wet area, as is the case at […]

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Rhododendron Bloom Report: June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015June 26, 2015 Ted Lenk Leave a comment

A lot can happen in one week here in New England. We had a very short Spring this year- it seemed that Winter turned to Summer in a week or so. I say this as an excuse for what I will say next: The blooms are coming on a bit early this year. As usual, […]

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Rhododendron Bloom Report: June 18, 2015

June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 Ted Lenk Leave a comment

This week’s visit to Rhododendron State Park demonstrates a normally wide range of spring growth and development all around the grove, as shown in the photographs taken yesterday (6/18). I saw one or two flower buds starting to open up in a sunny area by the newly built bridge, but for the most part, the […]

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Rhododendron Bloom Report: June 11, 2015

June 12, 2015June 12, 2015 Ted Lenk Leave a comment

Well, not much change in the grove is visible this week as far as the flowerbuds are concerned. It still appears that the bloom time this year will be about the middle of July, as expected. The pictures shown are from Thursday, June 11, but I certainly could have used last week’s photos. Although we […]

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Rhododendron Bloom Report: June 4, 2015

June 5, 2015June 5, 2015 Ted Lenk 2 Comments

Hey folks, Welcome to the 2015 series of Rhododendron State Park‘s bloom reports. A new posting will be published each Friday between now and the middle of August or so (depending on the timing and duration of this year’s Rhododendron maximus bloom). As expected, the bloom time is still a long way ahead of us-usually […]

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