Rhododendron x kosterana x prinophyllum 26/1 Restock purple-black leaves casting deep shade

purple-black leaves casting deep shade and deeper admiration

against a wall

or a specimen near a path or doorway where the bicolored flowers can be read up close

the feature that separates a true spider lily from the many look-alikes

Rhododendron x kosterana x prinophyllum 26/1 Restock purple-black leaves casting deep shadeThis hardy hybrid azalea is a piece of Woodlanders history, a deliberate cross made by the nursery's late founder, Robert Mackintosh. Mackintosh crossed the native roseshell azalea, Rhododendron prinophyllum, with the old hybrid group known as R. x kosterana, or mollis azalea, and the result is an upright, large flowered deciduous shrub carrying bold orange trusses each marked with a splash of yellow. The parentage is worth telling in full, because