Where is here exactly? Different rhodies flourish in different areas so that can be important to know.

Possibly 'Daphnoides', which is a very old but still very popular cultivar.

Wow!! That is very impressive to garden on a property that has been maintained by the same family for over 100 years!! It must be beautiful.

And I though the 50 year old rhodies I inherited with my current garden were impressive. Maybe not so much except for size. Some of the are huge!!

Thank you, gardengal. I looked up Daphnoides, and I think mine is less pink, and the blooms less full. (Pic below).

Another question - I looked at the database on the American Rhoddodedron Society's website, and it has lots of info, but not the date the cultivars were introduced. Do you know of a database of rhododendrons which contains that info?

Jackie

Its a beautiful rhodo very similar to the one on our property. I don't have a name or more info for mine either, it came with the house which was built in the 80's.

The International Rhododendron Registrar, published by The Royal Horticultural Society in London, is the largest collection of names but it basically has what I call "descriptive or historical documentation" on the various cultivars, not necessarily arranged to find an introductory date easily or obviously for each entry: https://www.rhodogroup-rhs.org/publications/books/rhodo-register

luis_pr - Thank You.! What an amazing thing! The "Guide" to it is 68 pages long, so I am saving the link somewhere safe until I have a chance to try and look at the database.

Jackie

I didn't think I was a lover of rhodies, but yours is truly beautiful, Jackie. I think what I like is that yours is a more graceful and natural-looking specimen and doesn't have those plastic-looking leaves that so many of the modern cultivars do.

Artist, your plant is also lovely, and the color and size of the flowers makes it a very showy plant without however having the "look" that I don't care for. I imagine that with a species that has so many cultivars even super picky me could find a few to admire.

Ingrid - Have you ever seen the incredibly tall climbing (a species, I presume) rhododendrons which grow in second growth redwood forests? I have seen them in parks on the Northern Coast of California - they can be several stories tall, and are graceful and natural looking, of course.

Jackie

Probably Rhododendron macrophyllum, or Pacific rhododendron, native to much of the west coast. It grows to 30' or more and is a common presence in PNW coastal forests. It is not a climber but it could look like one :-)

It is Washington's state flower.

I had to look that one up, and except for its height it looks a bit like yours, Jackie. How I'd love to see that one among the trees. Perhaps yours is its little brother.