I want to try growing rhododendrons this year, but my friends have discouraged me, saying that they are too difficult to grow in the Chicago area. Can you suggest some for me to try in my garden?

Use these tips for pruning rhododendrons to get a burst of fresh foliage and flowers. Although generally low-maintenance, rhododendrons occasionally do need pruning to rejuvenate them. Timely pruning ...

I remember my wife once told me about a landscaper she was working with who talked about rhododendrons and azaleas as tri-annuals. The landscaper was implying that rhododendrons and azalea will only ...

When Carol Yee, owner and operator of Carol’s Collectibles in Swanville, first discovered yak rhododendrons (Rhododendron yakushimanum) while living in Connecticut in 1996, she started pestering ...

What evergreen shrub has blooms the size of grapefruits? What produces a rainbow of colors, depending on the variety: pure white, yellow, orange, pink, rose, deep red and dark purple? What sports a ...

The Eureka Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Eureka Woman’s Club, 1531 J St. in Eureka. Jack Olson will provide a photo presentation about the procedures ...

Love rhododendrons? Think you have a lot of them, say, a couple of dozen or maybe even 100? Jack Olson, who gardens on 3.5 acres in Fall Creek, has got you beat. You might expect that a man who is the ...

Rhododendrons are lovely plants that contain thousands of different varieties. They have exquisite spring flowers and wonderful evergreen leaves, which make it a nice year-round shrub for your garden.

Purple, white, pink, flaming orange and other glorious colors brighten wooded areas. Some of the showy flowers are small, some large and some sport double flowers. Rhododendrons are flourishing in the ...

April is the month that Eureka typically celebrates the rhododendron in grand style. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, this year’s Rhododendron Parade — sponsored by the Rotary Club of Old Town Eureka — and ...