Rhododendron yellow is not for everyone

 

Rhododendron is a wonderful plant that will decorate any garden, during the flowering period of rhododendron you will be delighted with beautiful flowers of different colors, collected in large inflorescences. There are a lot of types of rhododendron, you can easily choose a plant that blooms in exactly the color scheme that suits you best.

Also, when choosing a rhododendron, do not forget that, for example, a rhododendron is a yellow poisonous plant, if there are bees nearby that collect pollen for honey, this is dangerous, and this plant is also dangerous for herbivores.

At the same time, rhododendron is a yellow very decorative shrub during the flowering period, it has flowers of orange-golden color, yellow-lemon color, even two-color, with variegated leaves and purple-brown. It is unpretentious, grows well in the shade, will decorate stone slopes, paths and other parts of the garden. But still, if there is a danger of bees collecting pollen for honey, and there are also those on the farm who can feast on the flowers of yellow rhododendron, then it is better to opt for another type of rhododendron.

In the absence of such dangers, yellow rhododendron will be a wonderful decoration for any garden. This type of rhododendron grows up to two meters, the branches are erect, and the young shoots are pubescent and have a brown color. It blooms on the shoots of last year with beautiful, very fragrant flowers. In nature, yellow rhododendron grows in mixed and coniferous forests, on forest edges and clearings, creating thickets that are solid and unbreakable. It begins to bloom in late spring, does not tolerate drought well, and reacts well to feeding.

Yellow rhododendron is not only a beautiful plant, but also a plant that is widely used in the essential oil industry and in folk medicine, the oil of this rhododendron has insecticidal and phytoncidal effects, as well as bacteriostatic and bactericidal properties.

Category:Shrubs | Rhododendron