Found on the banks of the River Brora (1 Viewer)

[GeorgeMac]

It's not a shrub or a bush, it's a flowering tree. Don't think it's native to the Highlands. Anyone know what tree this is?

 

[delia todd]

It would seem to be an azalea/rhododendron of some kind George.

 

[GeorgeMac]

I had no idea rhododendron grew so high. I'll take a photo of the entire tree tomorrow and post it. It's about 20 feet high the tree. I'll get a photo on my morning walk

 

[THE_FERN]

I had no idea rhododendron grew so high. I'll take a photo of the entire tree tomorrow and post it. It's about 20 feet high the tree. I'll get a photo on my morning walk

Probably Rhododendron ponticum or a variety of this. Now widely regarded as a scourge of good habitat as it completely excludes other species but apparently native before (one of) the last ice age(s)

 

[aeshna5]

Don't think it's R. ponticum- the invasive species. Could be a form of R. arboreum.

 

[GeorgeMac]

Here's a snapshot of it this morning. It's the only tree around here that I know of. It's not 20ft high, it's more like 14ft high.

 

[Nutcracker]

One of the thousands of garden Rhododendron cultivars. Not R. arboreum, that has red not purple flowers; nor R. ponticum (not in flower yet, and has smaller clusters of more blue-purple flowers).


Incidentally, R. arboreum can reach 20 metres, not 20 feet :t: