Rhododendron atlanticum George Forrest dark green fronds that gleam

dark green fronds that gleam like polished bay leaves

underplant with hellebores

native from Canada to the Gulf along swamp edges

Just to the west

The great virtue is length and weight of bloom: heavy flushes in late summer and fall

Rhododendron atlanticum George Forrest dark green fronds that gleamRhododendron atlanticum, the coastal or dwarf azalea, is a low, colony forming native of the open pine woods and sandy flatwoods of the mid Atlantic and Carolina coastal plain. Unlike the tall wild azaleas of the mountains, this species stays close to the ground, often no higher than the knee, and spreads by underground runners, or stolons, into broad, drifting colonies. The bluish, glaucous foliage is a hallmark, cool and sea gray, and the species