Rhododendron ponticum
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Rhododendron ponticum
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 22 Mar 2021
The rhododendrons look wonderful when covered with flowers in early summer, but they are an invasive menace, shading out everything else that might try to grow underneath them. This is a stretch of the former drive between the site of Wester Elchies House and the Bridge of Lodges.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.475188
Longitude
-3.241078