Rhododendron 'QbackB' (Sunbow Solar Flare) Boost comes from the streambanks and

comes from the streambanks and open woods of China and Japan

First described in the early nineteenth century

and made for gardeners curious about the genus beyond its showiest forms

In cooler zones the question is moot

among them the newly named wallichimines

Rhododendron 'QbackB' (Sunbow Solar Flare) Boost comes from the streambanks andSunbow Solar Flare is the patented name for the azalea catalogued as Rhododendron 'QbackB' (U. S. Plant Patent 27,083), a deciduous native hybrid bred for the very conditions that defeat most azaleas. The plant traces to a deliberate cross made in 1984 by Robert Edward Lee in Folsom, Louisiana, who set out to combine the fragrance and vivid color of the Gulf Coast's own Florida azalea, Rhododendron austrinum, with the substance of the Exbury hybrids.