RE: Rhododendron question

Could they have been lost during the up and down weather this spring?


> [Original Message]
> From: Maria <marolsh@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 6/7/2007 7:45:39 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Rhododendron question
>
> Hello all,
>
> I've been lurking as usual, and Daryl's comment on a "fluke of the 
> weather" prompted a question. There are virtually no buds on the native 
> Rhododendron maximum here, and I didn't see any blooming mountain 
> laurel either. I've noticed that some years are much better than 
> others, but the almost total absence of blooms is strange to me. Any 
> ideas why they didn't set buds?
>
>   The local throngs of deer have taken to eating the rhodies, though 
> they don't seem to relish them much. At around 30 inches above the 
> ground, almost half of the leaves have been devoured, leaving the stems 
> in a spiky spiral arrangement. Very ugly!
>
> Maria in NE PA
>
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