Rhodos on Parade

There is a huge swath of rhododendrons between my house and the neighbors. Always puts on quite the show.

Lovely! It looks like one of my fave azaleas:
Southern Indica Hybrid Azalea (Rhododendron indicum 'George L. Taber')

Beautiful banner Leslie!

Wonderful banner Leslie!

It certainly makes for a beautiful fence between neighbors, and like a "cotton candy" sweet banner. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

Beautiful, Leslie!

Love it! Makes me anxious to get out and look for azaleas and rhododendrons in bloom around here. It's just the beginning of their season here in zone 6a.

What a beautiful show! I like how they catch the light.
Makes a perfect banner, Leslie.

Thanks all!

@scvirginia - it may have started out as a plant similar to what you posted but the bees have been busy on these very tall bushes. There are patches of pure white flowers, patches of fuchsia blooms, and loads of mixed with one side white the other side fuchsia. This year the pink/white won. They have been there since way before I moved here. Probably planted 30+ years ago.

Gorgeous, Leslie!

Lestv said:Thanks all!

@scvirginia - it may have started out as a plant similar to what you posted but the bees have been busy on these very tall bushes. There are patches of pure white flowers, patches of fuchsia blooms, and loads of mixed with one side white the other side fuchsia. This year the pink/white won. They have been there since way before I moved here. Probably planted 30+ years ago.

That sounds like an old-school azalea hedge with different varieties planted in the mix. Many houses around here used to have them, but more and more people just want uninterrupted grass, so trees and shrubs get pulled up and aren't replaced.

We still have such a hedge in front of the house, but the varieties grow to different sizes, with some blocking the windows, and others staying smaller, so it never looks very good... usually, the idea is to choose plants of similar size and colors that will look good together. Whoever planted our hedge in the 1950's didn't get that memo. Yours looks and sounds like it was well-planned, though.

Lestv said:Thanks all!

@scvirginia - it may have started out as a plant similar to what you posted but the bees have been busy on these very tall bushes. There are patches of pure white flowers, patches of fuchsia blooms, and loads of mixed with one side white the other side fuchsia. This year the pink/white won. They have been there since way before I moved here. Probably planted 30+ years ago.

Leslie, can you post a few pics of the whole hedge?
Puh-leeeeeze?

Definitely quite the show.

@scvirginia - It may have been planned decades ago, but the past two owners of that house have done nothing to contain it. It is a leggy mess in need of pruning. The different patches of color came from the bees. The house used to have white azaleas under the front windows and a fuchsia bush as well. The latest owner, who leaves it up to her daddy to come work on things (she always talks other people into mowing her yard). He butchered the white bushes and the fuchsia is gone. He also pulled out 3 mature camelias so I am not fond of his gardening attempts.

Lestv said:@scvirginia - It may have been planned decades ago, but the past two owners of that house have done nothing to contain it. It is a leggy mess in need of pruning. The different patches of color came from the bees. The house used to have white azaleas under the front windows and a fuchsia bush as well. The latest owner, who leaves it up to her daddy to come work on things (she always talks other people into mowing her yard). He butchered the white bushes and the fuchsia is gone. He also pulled out 3 mature camelias so I am not fond of his gardening attempts.

Aaaaaaggggghhhhhh!!

At least you captured the best of it with your perfect banner.

So late (as always) thanking you all for the thumbs!
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Late, but here is a pic of the hedge:
Messy and beautiful!

Awesome!
What a beautiful display, and with the home in back.

Thanks, Leslie. It was worth waiting for.

ps- maybe they would let you take a cutting?

@EscondidoCal It grows into my yard anyway so no cutting needed! Actually I trim it back all the time on my side to keep it blooming better. That is the neighbor's house behind.