Bare is best when placing a baby to sleep in a crib. By creating the toughest crib safety standards in the world and urging parents to keep pillows, quilts, heavy blankets, and sleep positioners out of the crib, CPSC has made great strides to ensure that babies and toddlers have a safe sleep.
Dexter Estate photo. In the Philadelphia and New York City areas, our best rhododendrons bloom from mid-May to June first or even through the first week in June. We do have R. mucronulatum, and a few of its varieties and hybrids, in late March and early April, and we do have R. maximum in late June and early July.
The usual time to prune a rhododendron shrub is after the flowers fade. This timing preserves the buds that already formed for next year's flowers. Because severe pruning prevents flowering the following year, you don't have to worry about preserving the flower buds, and it's best to prune as early as possible. rhododendron's natural shape fits well in informal gardens. Rhododendrons (Rhododendron spp.) have an attractive, natural shape that may lead you to believe they don't need regular pruning. They generally grow in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 9.