Pacific Northwest Gardening: Weird Weather of '09!! ....... #8, 1 by redchic01

redchic01 wrote:
I absolutely love the Very Early blooming rhody's for color this time of year. But, the down side is that some years they do lose every last flower do to a late freeze. 'Lee's Scarlet' is one of my favorite of the earliest and it was open a few weeks ago. It lost every last flower in the snow. :-(

Lee's Scarlet is in the background of this picture. But, since I took this in Eugene, which didn't get as much of the snow, that plant did ok. Although, you can tell that about 1/3 of the blooms froze on it when you're close enough.