Well, if you're nicknamed 'Shrubzilla', spring has come early this year:
West Sussex: Record-breaking rhododendron blooms a month early
WWW.BBC.CO.UK
"Big Rhodey" usually blooms in April but due to recent wet weather is flowering now.
*Stormforce~beka* Did you get all of those injuries from slipping on mud, Beka? And, how did you manage to fall forwards and not backwards?
Anyway, get well soon!
ANYWEATHER And, pound for pound, become less useful as a source of nutrients. . . Just like when warm, wet springs make for faster growing but weedier grass.