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minus-squareRoldyclarklinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down4·9 months agoThis is my sign to plant a rhododendron
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up37·9 months agoPlease do some research first, depending on your location and the specific variant of rhododendron you plant you may introduce an invasive plant.
minus-squareKingJalopy @lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·9 months agoExactly. You could end up with humans that live for 100+ years.
minus-squarePacmanlives@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·9 months agoWait what? Invasive? I have never seen one that just spreads like mint or buttercups
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoIn the UK they are an invasive species. They out compete native plants and spread easily. https://forestryandland.gov.scot/what-we-do/biodiversity-and-conservation/habitat-conservation/woodland/rhododendron#:~:text=rhododendron is Scotland’s most threatening,the damage it would cause.
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoOur reply to the ignoble English Ivy over here in the States, apparently
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoI’m pretty sure that rhododendrons originate from Asia.
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoIt’s a large family with a large geographic area. Some are native to the Americas as well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months agoAnd North America. Mostly on the west coast of the US and BC, although they have cousins sometimes called ‘mountain laurel’ on the east coast of the US. Confusingly, in some places on the east coast, they call mountain laurel ‘rhododendron’ as well.
minus-squareRoldyclarklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoLooks like this is the move: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron_catawbiense?wprov=sfti1
minus-squareOmgarm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoIt adds 100 years to your life!
This is my sign to plant a rhododendron
Please do some research first, depending on your location and the specific variant of rhododendron you plant you may introduce an invasive plant.
Exactly. You could end up with humans that live for 100+ years.
Wait what? Invasive? I have never seen one that just spreads like mint or buttercups
In the UK they are an invasive species. They out compete native plants and spread easily.
https://forestryandland.gov.scot/what-we-do/biodiversity-and-conservation/habitat-conservation/woodland/rhododendron#:~:text=rhododendron is Scotland’s most threatening,the damage it would cause.
Our reply to the ignoble English Ivy over here in the States, apparently
I’m pretty sure that rhododendrons originate from Asia.
Yep, Nepal
It’s a large family with a large geographic area. Some are native to the Americas as well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron
And North America. Mostly on the west coast of the US and BC, although they have cousins sometimes called ‘mountain laurel’ on the east coast of the US.
Confusingly, in some places on the east coast, they call mountain laurel ‘rhododendron’ as well.
Looks like this is the move: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron_catawbiense?wprov=sfti1
It adds 100 years to your life!