Rhododendron austrinum 'Reagan' Best Seller once fed the leather-tanning trade

once fed the leather-tanning trade with its tannins

since the family is mildly toxic

give the tree a lush

Heptacodium has no close garden relatives for comparison

Rhododendron austrinum 'Reagan' Best Seller once fed the leather-tanning trade'Reagan' is a richly colored selection of the Florida azalea, Rhododendron austrinum, chosen in the wild in Florida near the Apalachicola River, the great blackwater river whose ravines shelter some of the Southeast's rarest plants. Where the typical Florida azalea runs to clear gold and orange, this form pairs yellow petals with deep reddish pink buds and flower tubes, so that from a distance the whole shrub takes on a warm, red flushed glow uncommon