Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea southeast-native Summer Crush

Summer Crush

Starr-130429-4301-Michelia figo-flower-Makawao-Maui (24914855910)

Non-showy airy panicles with green flowers bloom in spring and summer

Lime Twister Sedum is a low-mounding evergreen succulent with variegated whorls of lime green foliage with creamy yellow edges that turn red in fall

Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea southeast-native Summer CrushPiedmont Azalea is a large native deciduous shrub with finely toothed dull green foliage with grey undersides that turns rusty red in fall. Sweetly fragrant clusters of pink honeysuckle like flowers with darker pink bodies and elongated pink stamen bloom in early spring. Grows best in dappled sun and rich, consistently moist, well drained acidic soils. If allowed to naturalize, can reach a size of 6 15'. Type: Shrub Origins: Southeast N. America; GA