Rhododendron periclymenoides "Purple" prophouse-winter-2028 rigidus or C

rigidus or C

set in a neat cross above a pair of large leafy sepals

Keep the poisonous fruit in mind wherever children or pets roam

with the old hybrid group known as R

and the tannin-rich bark also yielded ink and

Rhododendron periclymenoides "Purple" prophouse-winter-2028 rigidus or CAmong the most beloved of the eastern wild azaleas, Rhododendron periclymenoides drifts through the open woods and swamp margins of the eastern United States from New Hampshire and Massachusetts south to South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama, opening clouds of pink bloom just as the woodland wakes in spring. This selection breaks from the ordinary pink of the species: a soft lavender purple color form discovered in Lancaster County, South Carolina,