{"id":1292,"date":"2011-06-24T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2011-06-05T16:51:26","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T20:51:26","slug":"rosebay-rhododendron-for-cool-shady-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/06\/24\/rosebay-rhododendron-for-cool-shady-landscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosebay Rhododendron for Cool Shady Landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1323\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/R.maximum7.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1323\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1323\" title=\"R.maximum\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/R.maximum7-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/R.maximum7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/R.maximum7-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosebay rhododendron in Tennessee Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rosebay Rhododendron (<em>Rhododendron maximum<\/em>) grows in dense woodland shade along cool mountain streams and on moist, rocky slopes. This Southern Appalachian native is extremely winter hardy to -15\u00b0 to -20\u00b0 F. It is a late-season bloomer reaching its peak around late June.<\/p>\n<p>Rosebay grows large, 15 to 20 feet in height. On some sites it is not unusual to see tree-like rosebay rhododendrons to 40 feet. The plant habit is spreading, broader than tall. Leaves are large, 4 to 12 inches long, glossy dark green. The new growth feels sticky to the touch.<\/p>\n<p>The inflorescence (truss) of 15 &#8211; 30 funnel-shaped flowers. Each 5-lobed flower is approximately 1 inch long, white to pale pink (occasionally deep pink to rose red). The flower trusses lack fragrance.<\/p>\n<p>Rhododendrons prefer a moist, compost rich, acidic soil which drains well. Organic based acidic mulches, such as pine bark or pine needles, will cool and conserve soil moisture.<\/p>\n<p>Many hybrids, using Rosebay as a parent, includes a personal favorite \u2018Maxecat\u2019 which blooms in early June from eastern Pennsylvania south to northeast Tennessee. Blooms open light pink and fade to white.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosebay Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) grows in dense woodland shade along cool mountain streams and on moist, rocky slopes. This Southern Appalachian native is extremely winter hardy to -15\u00b0 to -20\u00b0 F. It is a late-season bloomer reaching its peak around late June. Rosebay grows large, 15 to 20 feet in height. On some sites it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,357,657,605,551,712,629,630,706,231],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1292"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1327,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292\/revisions\/1327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}