Wild ponies graze among the acres of rhododendrons at Mount Rogers, the highest point in Virginia. Hikers are welcome to photograph the ponies but discouraged from feeding them.

A phenomenon called "thermonasty" causes rhododendron leaves to curl up when it’s really cold out. This adaptation allows these broad-leaved evergreens to thrive in the doubly-challenging ...

Many garden rhododendrons have bloomed and faded by now — but a special group of them growing in the wild is just coming into its own at a New Hampshire state park. Hundreds of bushes of ...

The world of species rhododendrons (those that are found in the wild, as opposed to hybrids created by humans) is subtler, but no less beautiful. Flowers often take a back seat -- or at least a ...

Just 20 miles east of the picturesque coastline in Maine, on a long winding country road, beyond an unassuming sign, tucked beneath a tree canopy, is the Harvey Butler Rhododendron Sanctuary. Even ...

Something Wild rhododendrons. Chris Martin. Chris Martin has worked for New Hampshire Audubon for close to 35 years as a Conservation Biologist, specializing in birds of prey like Bald Eagles, ...

The wild rhododendrons from the Butler Sanctuary are an example, a species considered rare in New England, but flourishing farther south, that might never work its way northward without help — even as ...

PORT ANGELES — Guest speaker Bob Zimmerman will discuss rhododendron varieties that grow naturally in the wild, how to grow these rhododendrons from seed and why it might be a good idea to do so at ...

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