Rhododendron periclymenoides 25/8 Restock Rhodoleia has real promise in

Rhodoleia has real promise in the lower South

and the rhizomatous habit slowly builds a low thicket that can be left to spread or kept in bounds

and the fine-textured myrtle-leaf holly

and a fine foliage plant in its own right

a nearly sterile rose-mallow hybrid bred by Dr

Rhododendron periclymenoides 25/8 Restock Rhodoleia has real promise inPinxterbloom is the wild azalea of the eastern woods, a hardy native that hangs its soft pink flowers along the branches in mid spring, just before the leaves catch up. The funnel shaped blooms, pale pink to nearly white, throw long curving stamens well past the petals, giving the whole shrub a hazy, spidery lightness, and carry a faint sweet scent on a warm day. Few native shrubs say spring so plainly. The names are a small history lesson. Dutch