How to Use rhododendron in a Sentence

rhododendron

noun

• Like seeing the rhododendron starting to bloom this year -- the first year in how long?
  — Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 9 June 2020
• When to trim? Q: When is the proper time to trim azaleas and rhododendrons?
  — oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
• There were pianos in the rhododendrons, pianos in the conifers and pianos in the redwoods.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2018
• In the side yard, a magenta bud peeks out from a perky rhododendron.
  — Washington Post, 16 July 2021
• If the plant is evergreen and has large leaves like a rhododendron, cut off half of each leaf.
  — oregonlive, 4 Nov. 2019
• Same thing with a pretty green plant with curly spikes of white that’s behind the rhododendron.
  — Beverly Beckham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2019
• There is a wreath of rhododendron, which is the state flower, featured.
  — Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
• There is a wreath of rhododendron, which is the state flower, featured.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
• The black bear is the state animal, the sugar maple is the state tree, the cardinal is the state bird, and the rhododendron is the state flower.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2020
• It is bordered by a sidewalk, a stone wall and a rhododendron that is doing quite well.
  — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2021
• In spring, rhododendron and flame azaleas are among the 1,500 kinds of flowering plants found here.
  — Steve Ahillen, USA TODAY, 22 May 2017
• In this case, the pathogen was found in late May on rhododendron and lilac plants at some large chain retailers in Illinois.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 8 July 2019
• Deep in the canyon of the Dan, the air has a pale chartreuse hue from all the vegetation on the walls above, and the air smells faintly of blooming rhododendron and mint.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 8 Aug. 2021
• The trees were finally in full leaf and the rhododendrons were blooming, their gaudy pink-purple heads bobbing in the breeze.
  — Jill Gleeson, Woman's Day, 7 Mar. 2017
• Last fall my neighbor was getting rid of a large rhododendron.
  — Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2022
• Why not head out to one that, although renowned for its collection of species and hybrid rhododendrons, might be new to you.
  — Homes & Gardens Of The Northwest Staff, OregonLive.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• Nary a blade of Kentucky bluegrass, nor an azalea, nor a rhododendron grows here.
  — Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 23 June 2017
• The rains of winter make the forest lush and green starting in April, and pink rhododendron blooms can appear from mid-May until late June.
  — Jill K. Robinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2023
• The landscape is lush with thick stands of rhododendron and azalea, flowering trees, fir and the land’s natural woods of oak and maple.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2017
• Neat little houses with roses and rhododendrons in the yard and children around.
  — Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 30 May 2023
• There is a small statue on the Capitol grounds here in Boston, back among the rhododendrons, of a plain woman seated in a simple chair.
  — WSJ, 1 Oct. 2018
• On the 455-yard, par-four fifth hole, Woods went right off the tee and then blew his approach left of the flag and bounding nearly off the golf course, into a dense thicket of rhododendrons.
  — Tim Layden, SI.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• The front door greenery is a cluster of pine and fir branches, white rhododendrons, scarlet field berries and red leaved bamboo.
  — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2019
• Her Wadsworth home — with a rhododendron bush taller than Douglas in the side yard, and wicker chairs sitting on the front porch — was built more than a century ago, in 1917.
  — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 17 Apr. 2018
• Worry about how much summer heat a rhododendron will take.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 June 2020
• Plants that do well by the ocean and stay green in the winter include rhododendron, boxwood, azaleas, hydrangea, and catmint.
  — Robert Knox, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
• Azaleas and rhododendrons are common names used for a very large genus of plants: Rhododendron.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
• Anne Nickoloff reports the general opening is just in time for the grounds’ rhododendron bloom.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 28 May 2020
• This has become a serious pest of rhododendrons and azaleas in the last decade and can eventually kill the plant.
  — oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
• The mountain ridge blooms in many thousands of colorful rhododendrons each year.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024