Rhododendrons
As you all know, Charbonneau is blessed with the beauty of many rhododendrons throughout our community, and CHOA has our share. In order to protect the health and growth of these plants, maintenance pruning is necessary and this time of year is the best time to do this.
Because there are several hundred rhododendrons throughout CHOA, John deAquirre of Garron Grounds and I drove around each CHOA neighborhood in a golf cart and selected those rhodies that we feel will benefit from maintenance pruning or thinning this year and tagged those plants with orange tags. There may be other rhodies that would benefit from more vigorous pruning or some that are obstructing windows. When the pruning crew identifies those instances, they will make an effort to contact the homeowner before pruning.
We anticipate that the pruning will begin early in March and will take about two weeks. If you do not want the rhodies around your home pruned, please advise Garron Grounds at 503-682-7172.
Thanks,
Karen Siegel
CHOA Landscape Chair
Thanks for all you do to keep everything looking beautiful.
Trimming including trees looks great. What about guttercleaning.told they do once year. Who do we talk to?
The gutter cleaning is in process but if you have specific questions about your home, please connect with Steve Chinn- schinno@gmail.com or 503-682-0234
This is my second post. Rhodys are either blooming or getting ready to bloom. Pruning should happen after blooming. Their bloom usually is in process around Easter each year and lasts for about a month depending on the weather. I know Easter dates fluctuate but garden blooming also fluctuates.
Linda Patch
Thank you for your comments Linda. Please contact Karen Siegel at ksiegel44@gmail.com. Karen is the chair for the Landscaping committee and would be glad to discuss this with you. Thank you.