George took to 'Magic Dragon' at once
pineapple scent from the elegans parent when brushed
far larger and paler than the deep maroon bells of the common pawpaw
thriving in the heat and lean soils of a xeric or Mediterranean-style garden
white wild indigo
Rhododendron austrinum JC Raulston Arboretum George took to 'Magic Dragon'Rhododendron austrinum, the Florida azalea, is among the earliest and most powerfully fragrant of all the wild deciduous azaleas of the Deep South. Native to the Florida Panhandle, southern Georgia, southern Alabama, and into Mississippi, the species haunts open pine woods, ravine slopes, and river bluffs, often growing in sandy, acidic ground beneath tall longleaf pines. The species name austrinum simply means southern, a fitting label for an azalea