{"id":7254,"date":"2015-11-12T03:11:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T10:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7254"},"modified":"2015-11-11T02:48:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T09:48:02","slug":"in-praise-of-rhododendrons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/in-praise-of-rhododendrons\/","title":{"rendered":"In Praise of Rhododendrons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Rhododendron group \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4578956696\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3307\/4578956696_ca28de438f.jpg\" alt=\"Rhododendron group\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rhododendrons have many praiseworthy characteristics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Grow Rhododendrons<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They are some of the most colourful spring and early summer flowering shrubs. Red, white and blues with yellows, pinks and shades to suit all tastes.<\/li>\n<li>Rhododendrons are generally evergreen and provide structure through the year.<\/li>\n<li>Modern hybrids are<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3299\"> easy to maintain<\/a>, slow to outgrow their allocated space and need little attention.<\/li>\n<li>There are 1000 species to select and learn about. Prostrate and miniature rhododendrons suit a rock garden whilst some varieties can fill a woodland.<\/li>\n<li>Scented Rhododendrons are shorter lived but have great aroma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where to See Rhododendrons<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kew Gardens&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kew.org\/visit-kew-gardens\/garden-attractions-A-Z\/rhododendron-dell.htm\">Rhododendron Dell<\/a> dates from the early 18th century.<\/li>\n<li>A good list of gardens with Rhododendrons is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk\/rhododendron_gardens.htm\">Great British Gardens.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1861267843\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1861267843.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0881927236\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0881927236.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/trees-and-shrubs\/early-rhododendrons\/\">Early Rhododendrons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/housekeeping-for-small-rhododendrons\/\">Housekeeping for small Rhododendrons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhododendrons have many praiseworthy characteristics. Why Grow Rhododendrons They are some of the most colourful spring and early summer flowering shrubs. Red, white and blues with yellows, pinks and shades to suit all tastes. Rhododendrons are generally evergreen and provide structure through the year. Modern hybrids are easy to maintain, slow to outgrow their allocated space and need little attention. There are 1000 species to select and learn about. Prostrate and miniature rhododendrons suit a rock garden whilst some varieties&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/in-praise-of-rhododendrons\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,10],"tags":[109],"class_list":["post-7254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-flowers","tag-ericaceous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}