Rhododendron 'QbackB' (Sunbow Solar Flare) Boost sandy sites

sandy sites

First described in the early nineteenth century

comes from the streambanks and open woods of China and Japan

In cooler zones the question is moot

holding their ground in the dry rooty shade beneath big trees where most things sulk

Rhododendron 'QbackB' (Sunbow Solar Flare) Boost sandy sitesSunbow Solar Flare is the patented name for the azalea catalogued as Rhododendron 'QbackB' (U. S. Plant Patent 27,083), a deciduous native hybrid bred for the very conditions that defeat most azaleas. The plant traces to a deliberate cross made in 1984 by Robert Edward Lee in Folsom, Louisiana, who set out to combine the fragrance and vivid color of the Gulf Coast's own Florida azalea, Rhododendron austrinum, with the substance of the Exbury hybrids.