Rhododendron indicum ‘Balsaminaeflorum’ Woodlanders Introduction The trunks carry a heavier

The trunks carry a heavier history too: at the Battle of Sullivan's Island in 1776

and resist the urge to pamper the roots

spicy scent that keeps deer and other browsers at a polite distance

'John Clayton' was discovered growing on the grounds of the seventeenth-century Abingdon Church in Gloucester County

vitamins A and C

Rhododendron indicum ‘Balsaminaeflorum’ Woodlanders Introduction The trunks carry a heavier'Balsaminaeflorum' is a dwarf evergreen Satsuki azalea, an old Japanese cultivar of Rhododendron indicum grown for flowers that look less like azaleas than like tiny roses. Each bloom is fully double, packed with forty or more petals and carrying neither pistil nor stamens, so the flower is all soft, ruffled color. The cultivar name means balsam flowered, a nod to the double blooms of the garden balsam, while indicum, meaning of India, is an old