Rhododendron viscosum ‘Roseum’ Check with George a woodland-edge border

a woodland-edge border

along a wall

they open in shades of orchid-pink to magenta

useful as a native groundcover

Shadow at Howell Nursery in Winchester

Rhododendron viscosum ‘Roseum’ Check with George a woodland-edge borderThe swamp azalea, Rhododendron viscosum, ordinarily opens white; this selection breaks pink. 'Roseum' is a rose flushed form of the familiar native, chosen and introduced by Woodlanders from a plant of Aiken County, South Carolina provenance, a home ground selection that carries the sweet, clove like fragrance of the species in a warmer color. The swamp azalea ranges widely across the eastern United States, from the Gulf Coast north into New England,