In our village just across the road, there is a very old large house that belonged to a doctor and his family. He lived there many years, grew old and passed away. Now the house is empty but is still standing and his beautiful garden which is full of rhododendron bushes. The bushes are still there but this year might be the last year I see them flower and can take photos. The house might be sold and demolished. Land becomes more important than the memories built on it as time goes past.
What a shame it would be to lose those beautiful rhododendrons.
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The house is still there so I do not know what will be happening.
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These were our main crop for many years. Some of the old stock plants were old in 1974.
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But they remain faithful in the gardens. I have been living in the village for 20 years and these rhododendrons flower every year
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Oh, of course. They live for a very long time. Some that I work with now are like small trees. They are about as old as the stock plants on the farm.
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