Rhododendrons grew wild in the woods where I also grew up; they could be twenty feet tall. But you couldn't transplant the wild ones, because their roots spread very close to the surface of the ground. Wild azaleas were very rare--I remember seeing what appeared to be one [white] riding past on a back road.
There is a place in Massachusetts that was once a beautiful estate overlooking the Merrimack River...until the mansion burned down. The land was later given to the town of Newburyport, and to this day it is open for walking. The many species of Rhododendrons are two stories high, and there are scores of Azaleas as well. The former greenhouses and English Garden had fallen to ruins until the town Master Gardeners took it all in hand, with a nice size donation to restore it all. It's a glorious walk now!
Rhododendrons grew wild in the woods where I also grew up; they could be twenty feet tall. But you couldn't transplant the wild ones, because their roots spread very close to the surface of the ground. Wild azaleas were very rare--I remember seeing what appeared to be one [white] riding past on a back road.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm.... to be more precise, I remember seeing what appeared to be a white azalea as I [!] was riding past on a back road.
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DeleteThere is a place in Massachusetts that was once a beautiful estate overlooking the Merrimack River...until the mansion burned down. The land was later given to the town of Newburyport, and to this day it is open for walking. The many species of Rhododendrons are two stories high, and there are scores of Azaleas as well. The former greenhouses and English Garden had fallen to ruins until the town Master Gardeners took it all in hand, with a nice size donation to restore it all. It's a glorious walk now!
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