Rhododendron

Alpha's Greek, right.

Rhododendron is a Greek name.

Well, you all got enough of those.

Rhododendron, yeah.

There's a Greek name.

Dendros.

嗯。

然后破坏的就是这个碧沽天池。然后这个碧沽天池是，是在，呃，小中甸附近，就是也属于香格里拉的一个，一个高山湖泊。其实这些年一直没有开发，所以你，你只能越野车才能上去，也没有什么建制化的一个旅游业，但是它风景是非常之美的。你就想象一个高山湖泊在，呃，六七月份是被杜鹃花海所覆盖的，然后它周围全都是紫色的，那种小米杜鹃还是什么杜鹃忘了，就紫色白色的那种小米杜鹃。它除了杜鹃，还有其他好多好多高山花卉，它，它分层的，底下有什么报春啊，还有什么其他的各种各样的，就极美的一个坡上嘛。然后我们就是看到一棵，一棵小的松树，那个松树是金黄色的，然后当时我们所有人都停下来了，我们六七个人就停下来，觉得它孤立在那个地方太美了，在一个云，云里面，然后周围是杜，杜鹃花海湖泊，从审美上是一个极其出片的一个瞬间。

嗯。

就是特别美的一个孤松立在那，是金黄色的，然后我们拍了好多照片，转过回头来，我把照片发给懂植物学的朋友，他说那是一棵快要病死的松树。

You can't put a scheme into anything like that because again, would win stability or, you know, to stand up to win.

And also the thing to bear in mind is that if there is a threat of an invasive species like Rhododendron or Laurel that's in very close proximity, that may have a bearing on the decision to go into this scheme because they're quite invasive.

As we've all seen in Rona Denville and Lorry, that's another story of mud.

Nothing else grows there.

Everything grows into everything else.

Rhododendron, mountain lorry, vines.

Some sections are so thick we call them hells.

Once you're inside one, moving 10 feet can feel like moving 100.

So she, she walks h- um, Ben, the arborist's son, home, and when I say walks, as I mentioned, Greenwood is enormous.

The walk from the Rhododendron, where she finds Ben, to the Fort Hamilton Gatehouse and the arborist's Gothic dream house is easily a 20-minute walk in good conditions.

But as they are making their way, it's like the elements are conspiring against them.

The wind howls at them.

I live in Salcombe Regis, just outside Sidmouth.

We have a large Rhododendron ponticum, I think it is anyway, in our garden, which is about 15 feet wide by 15 feet tall.

It provides a lot of shelter as a windbreak.

Bearing in mind that it's a invasive plant, would the panel suggest keeping it or trying to get rid of it?

Do they spread by seed, Pippa, or is it by runners?

Th-there is concern that it could sometimes be spread by seed, but they do tend to sort of move along, shall we say.

Well, I suppose we have to ask ourselves whether there are any Rhododendron ponticums attempting to colonize the wild areas near your garden, say along the coast or in just the wild meadows that are around in Salcombe Regis.

It is Salcombe Regis, wasn't it? Yeah