Barb has some rhododendrons. We weren’t really watching them and hadn’t noticed the profusion of blooms until the neighbor mentioned it to her. From our perspective it was just grass, trees, and green shrubbery until POOF! It’s a collection of blossoms taller than our heads:
Nice!
Thick foliage, low ground cover, makes good camouflage…lol!
I believe that rhododendrons are the only real remnant of the Garden of Eden to survive until today. Their variety of color and the intensity of the color have never failed to impress me. Rhododendrons are the only thing I miss after leaving the Socialist Land of Puget Sound when I retired.