Weekly Weather Report for Petra, Jordan. Looking at the weather in Petra, Jordan over the next 7 days, the maximum temperature will be 31â (or 89â) on Saturday 22nd April at around 2 pm. In the same week the minimum temperature will be 10â (or 51â) on Sunday 16th April at around 5 am.
70 Years and Blooming: Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival attracts large crowd. Rhododendron bushes on top of Roan Mountain bloom through the months of May and June. Wallace Cole hand paints every bird feeder made from a gourd. Crowds gather around white tents at the Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival.
The dramatic flowers that cover the entire shrub in springtime. Rhododendron flowers come in a range of colors to fit any garden design scheme. Gardeners choose rhododendrons primarily for the flowers. Making sure that the rhododendron blooms heavily, year after year, is a top priority. Three factors influence blooming, and gardeners control them all: location of the rhododendron in the garden, proper fertilizer and complete deadheading of spent blooms.