100427 - Rhododendron

When we moved into this house four years ago, we found a tree severely hacked to the ground. Neither of us could guess what it was for the first couple of years.

Then, as it steadily grew taller, Phil became convinced it was a rhododendron, though it never bloomed.

This winter, it finally grew taller than the fence it sits against and now receives sunlight for most of the day. Almost over night, it went into bloom.