Stephen Dalton / Red-banded / Rhododendron leafhopper {Graphocephala coccinea} pre-flight jump, UK

Colin Varndell / Wild rhododendron shrub in flower. Studland, Dorset, UK, May

Laurie Campbell / Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum) flowers, Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, May

Nick Garbutt / Glengorm Castle, Glengorm Estate, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June 2010.

Ernie Janes / Colourful Azalea flowers, Hoveton Hall Gardens, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Colourful Azalea and Rhododendron flowers in woodland, Hoveton Hall Gardens, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Azaleas and Rhododendrons (Rhododendron sp) in flower at Leonardslee Gardens, Sussex, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Azaleas and Rhododendrons (Rhododendron sp) in flower at Leonardslee Gardens, Sussex, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Azaleas and Rhododendrons (Rhododendron sp) in flower at Leonardslee Gardens, Sussex, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Azaleas and Rhododendrons (Rhododendron sp) in flower at Leonardslee Gardens, Sussex, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Azaleas (Rhododendron sp) flowering in gardens of Ashridge House, Hertfordshire, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Azaleas (Rhododendron sp) flowering in gardens of Ashridge House with church in the background, Hertfordshire, UK, May

Mark Taylor / Bloom of Azalea flowers. Winkworth Arboretum, Surrey, UK, May.

Mark Taylor / Bloom of Azalea flowers. Winkworth Arboretum, Surrey, UK, May.

Mark Taylor / Rhododendron flowers. Winkworth Arboretum, Surrey, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Domestic dog, Golden retriever amongst Rhododendron flowers, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Golden retriever dog in garden with Rhododendron flowers, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Jack russell terrier amongst Heather and Rhododendron flowers, UK

Peter Lewis / Azalea and Rhododendron display at Leonardslee gardens, West Sussex, England

Peter Lewis / Azalea and Rhododendron display at Exbury Gardens, New Forest, Hampshire, England

Peter Lewis / Azalea and Rhododendron display at Exbury Gardens, New Forest, Hampshire, England

Peter Lewis / Azalea and Rhododendron display at Exbury Gardens, New Forest, Hampshire, England

Stephen Dalton / Badger {Meles meles} on garden path at night, UK

Robert Thompson / Coral spot fungus {Nectria cinnabarina} growing on recently cut Rhododendron stump, Annagarriff Wood NNR, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Adrian Davies / Naturalized Rhododendron {Rhododendron ponticum} growing in the wild, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK

Adrian Davies / Naturalized Rhododendron {Rhododendron ponticum} growing in the wild, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK

Adrian Davies / Naturalized Rhododendron {Rhododendron ponticum} growing in the wild on scree slope in Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK

Adrian Davies / Naturalized Rhododendron {Rhododendron ponticum} growing in the wild near stone cottage, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK

Mike Potts / Rhododendron bushes flowering, introduced to the UK and now invading moorland, growing wild in great abundance. Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK. June 2009

Mike Potts / Rhododendron bushes flowering, introduced to the UK and now invading moorland, growing wild in great abundance. Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK. June 2009

Mike Potts / Azalea and Rhododendron bushes flowering in garden, North Wales, UK, April

Mike Potts / Rhododendron bushes flowering, introduced to the UK and now invading moorland, growing wild in great abundance. Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK. June 2009

Mike Potts / Wild rhododendron {Rhodendron sp} in flower, Gwynedd, N Wales

Roger Powell / Rhodedendron flowering on north side of Loch Quoich, with Knoydart mountains in distance, Scottish Highlands, UK

Duncan Mcewan / Naturalized rhododendron in flower {Rhododendron ponticum} Loch Linnhe, Scotland

Jason Smalley / Small stone bridge over stream in ancient woodland with invasive Rhododendron, Bolton, Lancashire, UK.

Niall Benvie / Naturalised rhododendeon {Rhododendron ponticum} in woodland, Scotland.

Duncan Mcewan / Naturalized rhododendron {Rhododendron ponticum} Loch Leven, Scotland

John B Free / Bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) queen on rhododendron flower, UK

Mike Read / New Forest ponies and flowering Rhododendron (Rhododendron pontecumon) Backley Holmes, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, June 2009

Robert Thompson / Coral spot fungus {Nectria cinnabarina} growing on recently cut Rhododendron stump, Annagarriff Wood NNR, County Armagh, Northern Ireland