Rhododendron canescens 25/2 Restock A third common name carries

A third common name carries the ethnobotany: comfortroot

At the cold edge of the range

and the gardener who wishes to celebrate the subtle beauty of the American South

a hybrid of Fothergilla gardenii and F

Behavior shifts with climate

Rhododendron canescens 25/2 Restock A third common name carriesRhododendron 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