21st November 2008

title pic Rhododendrons In The Backyard

Daughter: “Dad, look! Lovely rose tree!”

Father: Sweetie, it’s not Rose, it’s Rhododendron.”

Daughter: “Rhododendron?” “How do you spell it?”

Father: “Ok…..you’re right, it is a Rose.”

Everytime we see Rhododendrons, hubby would always tell this little joke, and no matter how many times I hear that same old waltz, I still couldn’t say the name of this flower right. Sometimes I say, Rhodedendron, sometimes Rhedodendron, whatever.

Rhododendron actually means “rose tree” (Greek: Rhodos, “rose” and dendron, “tree”). It has many species characterized by shrubs and small to large trees. It is common both in the northern and southern hemisphere. Some species are grown commercially but the one above probably is not for sale cos it grows densely in the backyard of some houses in the summertime.


Comments:
Posted by Marlene on 6th August 2008 Filed Under: Photoramblings

  • Nick Phillips said,

    Yeah, it is a tongue twister and I seriously couldn’t tell the difference between a rose and a sunflower, let alone a rhododendrons … LOL!

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  • Rhonda said,

    The Rhododendrons are beautiful. Love the color.

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  • CK Go Places said,

    You’ve got a very nice backyard. Happy WW! :)

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  • Farah said,

    oh that’s a tough one really. I had to read it out 3 times to get the pronunciation right.Surely a tongue twister and yes, the father did a good thing by saying it’s a type of rose- saved a lot of time trying to spell that out. LOL

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  • Pamela The Dust said,

    well that is some info I didn’t know.
    I had three (one has since gone to Rhodie heaven), and two bloomed profusely in late May this year.

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  • jessie said,

    Mhy,

    The best part of your article is the joke, not the photo. lol!

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  • Make Money with your backlinks said,

    hahaha the was a classic joke but it never been that boring joke around.

    Good day Marl…

    -juler

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  • Rozella said,

    Beautiful flowers! :) I love the gorgeous color.

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  • Tina said,

    that is beautiful. wish our garden could grow stuff like that :(

    thanks for stopping by my wordless and leaving a comment :)

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  • Joy said,

    wow purple..I’m crazy with flowers hehe..I got photo collections but haven’t posted some yet. Take a look at my Wordless Wednesday Len.

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  • gengen said,

    Wow i love your site pretty. Anyway your flower and descriptionHappy WW!

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  • miah said,

    hehehe.. i’m quite confused about it’s spelling and pronounciation too… lol… from davao ka pala? asa sa davao?

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  • bojoy said,

    haha btaw rose nlng ispell! hehe wow te naa na sa imU backyard? sana sa amin din, nice utna kaU mg tanUm mga flowers.. but i dnt have the time, :(

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    Marlene replied on August 10th, 2008:

    Awws, bojoy, dili na sa amo backyard, hehee. Pag ako naay ingon ana, wala na, patay na dili pa mamulak, hahaa!

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  • Amor said,

    I’m also having a hard time reading/saying the Rhodedendron, kaya sige rose na nga lang din, madali pang i-pronounce at i-spell! :)

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