{"id":45268,"date":"2017-02-23T21:34:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rhododendrons-forget-the-flowers-check-out-the-leaves\/"},"modified":"2017-02-23T21:40:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T14:40:21","slug":"rhododendrons-forget-the-flowers-check-out-the-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rhododendrons-forget-the-flowers-check-out-the-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhododendrons: forget the flowers, check out the leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGardeners love rhododendrons for the kaleidoscopic glare of their spring flowers, but their leaves are what captivates rare plant expert Robbie Blackhall-MilesI am very lucky. I have one of the greatest and grandest gardens in the world right on my door step. The National Trust\u2019s Bodnant Garden is just a short drive from where I live in Snowdonia, and right now the garden is getting ready to put on a performance like no other in the world. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Gardeners love rhododendrons for the kaleidoscopic glare of their spring flowers, but their leaves are...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-bM8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133561,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/climate-crisis-prompts-rhs-to-plan-for-sending-rhododendrons-north\/","url_meta":{"origin":45268,"position":0},"title":"Climate crisis prompts RHS to plan for sending rhododendrons north","date":"January 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Plants are thought more likely to thrive at Harlow Carr in Yorkshire than at their current home at Wisley in SurreyIn Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier\u2019s unnamed narrator was shocked and bewildered by the over-proud \u201cslaughterhouse red, luscious and fantastic\u201d rhododendrons she encountered at Manderley on the southern coast of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":89097,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/country-diary-a-welsh-garden-at-its-psychedelic-best\/","url_meta":{"origin":45268,"position":1},"title":"Country diary: a Welsh garden at its psychedelic best","date":"May 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Bodnant Garden, Gwynedd: Rhododendrons and azaleas flash white, pink, red, orange and blue as the oaks awaken from a long winter dreamThese oak leaves open like bloody beef. 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