Rhododendron austrinum JC Raulston Arboretum brushing off heat

brushing off heat

acid soil with steady moisture and a bit of irrigation through dry spells

white wild indigo

pineapple scent from the elegans parent when brushed

Rhododendron austrinum JC Raulston Arboretum brushing off heatRhododendron austrinum, the Florida azalea, is among the earliest and most powerfully fragrant of all the wild deciduous azaleas of the Deep South. Native to the Florida Panhandle, southern Georgia, southern Alabama, and into Mississippi, the species haunts open pine woods, ravine slopes, and river bluffs, often growing in sandy, acidic ground beneath tall longleaf pines. The species name austrinum simply means southern, a fitting label for an azalea