Colour in the hills

A bumble bee investigates a flower outside Knox College.
A bumble bee investigates a flower outside Knox College.
Flowers in full bloom on the front lawn of a Dunedin house.
Flowers in full bloom on the front lawn of a Dunedin house.
A passerby admires a row of flowering plants in Rockside Rd on Friday as spring flowers fill...
A passerby admires a row of flowering plants in Rockside Rd on Friday as spring flowers fill gardens around Dunedin.
Rhododendrons bloom at Knox College.
Rhododendrons bloom at Knox College.
Flowers decorate the front garden of a George St home.
Flowers decorate the front garden of a George St home.

Dunedin is covered in colour  as the city’s rhododendrons and azaleas flower prolifically, following a long winter. 

Dunedin's equable climate is well suited to rhododendron culture.

Many different types thrive in its loess and basalt-derived soils.

The Dunedin Botanic Garden is home to 2221 rhododendrons in the upper garden's Rhododendron Dell — 128 different species, including 223 named hybrids and 518 unnamed hybrids.

ODT photographer Stephen Jaquiery has captured some of the colour in this series of photographs.

 

 

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