My husband and I both love the flame azaleas of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Their blooming is an amazing sight. They glow as if ablaze in the sun.
We got the next best thing for our garden.
A Gibraltar azalea, really a rhododendron(translation rose tree).
This is a deciduous hybrid that is hardy in Zone 7.
The buds are a deep copper color.
When the sun hits the blooms, they seem to catch fire.
The bloom clusters are called trusses.
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Beautiful color. Do the ones in the Blue Ridge Mountains grow wild?
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Yes they do. Their colors vary from redder to yellower than this one. They have a loose form and are about 6 x 6 feet.
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La couleur est de toute beauté, hier, j’en ai photographié dans un parc 🙂 C’est une fleur que j’aime beaucoup.
Merci pour ce beau billet.
Mes amitiés
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Love it, I was responsible for the deaths of a number of deciduous Azaleas while living in Atlanta
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Bad Queen
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Gave up and moved
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