Rhododendron Bud

I rather like the way that the bud of the rhododendron seems to spend quite a long period with hardly any changes, and then, suddenly, it bursts into life, producing not one flower, but a whole cluster.

I like this attractive pink bud, seen in the Homestead Park in York, as it begins to burst open.

Ian

[Oli Lindenskov]

Lovely😊

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful but so early, hope the frost doesn’t spoil it!

[Renee Salamon]

Such lovely colour

[Casablanca]

Oh gorgeous. One of the earlier Spring blooms and so welcome for its colour in grey weather, eh?

[Dawn]

Lovely

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[gloria jones]

Nice close up and details

[Judith Johnson]

It's beautiful, but is it a bit early for rhododendron?

[Pyrrhula]

Great close up of the beginning of bloom. Fav.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Lovely close up - so pretty in pink fav

[Kathy A]

Very pretty colour

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful close-up.

[Pat]

What a great vibrant colour and so early for rhododendrons, ours are nowhere near this yet so this is a nice treat for me.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Fisher Family]

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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

As some of you have correctly observed, this is early, at least two weeks earlier than I would normally expect to see the flower cluster opening. Hopefully we won't see much frost or they might suffer damage.

Ian