a hybrid of Fothergilla gardenii and F
and the gardener who wishes to celebrate the subtle beauty of the American South
Three to six feet of nonstop red bloom and a steady traffic of hummingbirds is a fair return for so little trouble
an effect much like a flowering dogwood but softer
A third common name carries the ethnobotany: comfortroot
Rhododendron canescens 25/2 Restock a hybrid of Fothergilla gardeniiRhododendron canescens, the Piedmont azalea, is very likely the most widespread of all the wild deciduous azaleas of the Southeast, ranging through the Piedmont, coastal plain, and stream edges from the mid Atlantic to the Gulf. Country people have long called the plant the Southern pinxter or simply wild honeysuckle, for the sweet, honeysuckle like scent of the flowers. The species name canescens means becoming gray or hoary, a reference to the soft