Rhododendron austrinum 'Reagan' Best Seller since the family is mildly

since the family is mildly toxic

and on female trees the show comes in fall and winter

and enjoy a native evergreen that shrugs off salt

give the tree a lush

once fed the leather-tanning trade with its tannins

Rhododendron austrinum 'Reagan' Best Seller since the family is mildly'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