Rhododendron canescens 25/2 Restock Hardy in USDA zones 5

Hardy in USDA zones 5 to 8

A third common name carries the ethnobotany: comfortroot

before ripening to a startling pink-red and splitting to drop scarlet seeds

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

Rhododendron canescens 25/2 Restock Hardy in USDA zones 5Rhododendron 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