Rhododendron austrinum 'Varnadoe's Moonbeam' prophouse-spring-2027 well-drained soil and tolerates the

well-drained soil and tolerates the damp ground red maples often colonize

In the colder parts of the range the top growth may be cut down by hard frost

and a hard cut in late winter keeps the plant dense and floriferous

where the fruit is prized above all others for eating fresh

sharply toothed leaves

Rhododendron austrinum 'Varnadoe's Moonbeam' prophouse-spring-2027 well-drained soil and tolerates the'Varnadoe's Moonbeam' is a luminous early spring selection of the Florida azalea, Rhododendron austrinum, prized for a soft, glowing color less common in the species. Rather than the fiery orange of many forms, the flowers open in clear golden yellow brushed with apricot and orange in the throat, over reddish tubes, a warm but refined coloring that seems to catch and hold the light, moonlit rather than blazing, against the still bare spring woodland.