Rhododendron viscosum var. glaucum Jenks settling in around twenty-five to

settling in around twenty-five to thirty-five feet over many years

Site the tree as a specimen where the late flowers and crimson fall color can be admired at close range

In the wrong place

the flatwoods plum

when little else is in flower

Rhododendron viscosum var. glaucum Jenks settling in around twenty-five toThe glaucous swamp azalea is a native deciduous shrub of the wetland South and the eastern seaboard, a blue leaved form of Rhododendron viscosum, the widespread swamp azalea that ranges from the Gulf Coast north into New England. The variety glaucum sets the plant apart with foliage washed in a soft blue green, most striking on the leaf undersides, which flash pale as a breeze turns them. Where many shrubs falter, this azalea thrives in the