Rhododendron austrinum 'Varnadoe's Moonbeam' prophouse-spring-2027 where the fruit is prized

where the fruit is prized above all others for eating fresh

and a hard cut in late winter keeps the plant dense and floriferous

is famous in the native country as a flower for planting on sod roofs

and peeling cinnamon bark

well-drained soil and tolerates the damp ground red maples often colonize

Rhododendron austrinum 'Varnadoe's Moonbeam' prophouse-spring-2027 where the fruit is prized'Varnadoe's Moonbeam' is a luminous early spring selection of the Florida azalea, Rhododendron austrinum, prized for a soft, glowing color less common in the species. Rather than the fiery orange of many forms, the flowers open in clear golden yellow brushed with apricot and orange in the throat, over reddish tubes, a warm but refined coloring that seems to catch and hold the light, moonlit rather than blazing, against the still bare spring woodland.