Garden Design Tip: Select Rhododendrons for Foliage

Rhododendrons are evergreen shrubs most known for their spring blooms, but Darcy Daniels of Bloomtown Gardens in Portland, Oregon (www.bloomtown.net) extols the virtues of varieties selected for their attractive foliage. For example, the variety Teddy Bear featured in this video, is a favorite. Get ideas of how to incorporate this shrub into your garden planting combinations by visiting www.egardengo.com/garden-app. Evidence suggests that Rhododendrons with indumentum, a furry texture on the underside of the foliage, are more resistant to the Rhododendron lace bug, a significant garden pest that is plaguing northwest gardens.