Rhododendron austrinum ‘Don’s Variegated’ Highlight growing where the land loosens

growing where the land loosens and blurs into water: salt marsh margins

given a long enough run the tree may slowly gain a little more height

or under a window opened to the autumn cool

three to four feet across at maturity

Inkberry nectar yields the celebrated gallberry honey

Rhododendron austrinum ‘Don’s Variegated’ Highlight growing where the land loosensRhododendron austrinum 'Don's Variegated' is a rare variegated form of the native Florida azalea, carrying the wild flame azalea of the Gulf states but brushed with a fine tracing of gold along each leaf edge. The selection was discovered by Don Jacobs, the noted Georgia plantsman behind Eco Gardens in Decatur, who found among seedlings of R. austrinum a plant whose foliage held light even before the flowers arrived. Variegation is uncommon in the