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Fri, Jul 13, 12 at 18:12
| I took this pic today of a native azalea. The hummingbirds can't get enough of it. I remember Jim Wilson from Calloway Gardens talking about it. He said it is native along the Chattohoochee River. This will come true from seed, it's not a hybrid.
The first time I saw it bloom was at the Biltmore Estate nr Asheville, the sun does not bleach out the flowers. No fragrance but who cares. Do you have it? Can you name it?  |
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| I think it's Rhododendron prunifolium. Bloom color is right, red/orange, season is right, summer, native range is right, found only in S. Georgia and extreme SE Alabama. |
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| I used to have one of these. As can be seen in the picture, the flowers tend to be a bit lost among the fully developed leaves. |
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| I agree with the id - mine is flowering heavily now. It is also being used to create late blooming hybrids with other species like R. viscosum and R. arborescens. R. prunifolium has no scent so hybridizing it with those two gives you a late blooming, scented flower with good colors. |
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| "The rarest of our eastern native deciduous azaleas" according to rhododendron.org. For azaleas, summer bloom is both a blessing and a curse. They don't bloom in the spring so the average customer won't buy them. They are relegated to collectors and connoisseurs. |
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| I never saw no miracle of science That didn't go from a blessing to a curse -- Sting Well, the "average customer" or "average consumer" probably thinks Applebee's is a fine dining experience. What else can I say? |
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