Rhododendron alabamense 'Frosty' prophouse-spring-2027 where the naturalist William Bartram

where the naturalist William Bartram admired the shrub in the 1770s and where the oakleaf now serves as Alabama's official state wildflower

The range runs across the southern half of the country

the small leaves cast light

a large shrub or small tree

The shellmound buckthorn grows only on lime-rich soils and turns up

Rhododendron alabamense 'Frosty' prophouse-spring-2027 where the naturalist William BartramRhododendron alabamense, the Alabama azalea, is one of the loveliest and, by wide agreement, one of the most powerfully fragrant of all the wild deciduous azaleas of the Southeast. The species grows in hardwood forests and along dry slopes and ridges from north central Alabama east through western Georgia and into South Carolina, where in mid spring the woods fill with the scent of lemon. Clusters of six to ten white, funnel shaped flowers, each