By Ted Lenk Hey Folks- After a pretty wet June, it seems that the warm temps of this week are moving things right along in the grove. Typical for July in southwest New Hampshire. As you can see from the photos (from Wednesday 7/5), there is a lot of new green growth at the grove. […]
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Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 26, 2018
By: Tom Fischer, Interpretive Ranger at Monadnock State Park The bloom at Rhododendron State Park is just beginning to wane, but there are still a good number of flowers showing off. Many of the flowers that were once present in the sunniest spots have moved on while those that were just budding from the shadier […]
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: 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. […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: August 5, 2016
Welcome to this year’s last posting of the Rhododendron State Park bloom report: Last week I posted a fuzzy picture of an orchid (Epipactis helleborine – an exotic plant but not terribly invasive) currently in bloom at the grove. I took a much better quality photo this week. A close-up view reveals a pretty flower, […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 29, 2016
Well, folks – the 2016 blossom show is over at Rhododendron State Park. I did not see a single bloom this week. There is lots of evidence of a very dry spell – is it a drought? Not really, but dry enough to affect all those plants with shallow root systems. But wait a minute […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 22, 2016
Although there are a few blooms left here and there (look above eye level along the path), most of the blossoms in the Rhododendron State Park grove are past and gone. A number of the dropped flowers can now be seen on the ground. It seems that the warm temperatures and dry conditions may have […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 15, 2016
July is here with an abundance of heat and humidity (and not all that much rain). The grove at is a bit cooler, but even with the rain we got this weekend it is still quite dry. There has not been much in the way of mushrooms to be seen so far, but we will […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: July 8, 2016
It is still hot and dry here in southwestern NH, although the weekend forecast called for cooler and wetter weather. It is my guess that the warm temperatures have contributed to the early bloom at the Rhododendron State Park grove this year. What else is it? A mystery. Many theories are offered, but as logical […]