Rhododendron x alabamense 'Addison' Brookgreen Gardens softly fragrant and worked by

softly fragrant and worked by bees

or a sunny fence

" a lofty title for a tree that drops sweet

drought- and cold-tolerant native of the arid Australian interior

Rhododendron x alabamense 'Addison' Brookgreen Gardens softly fragrant and worked by'Addison' began as a chance seedling of the Alabama azalea, Rhododendron alabamense, and grew into something none of the parents quite predicted. Surely a hybrid, though the exact parentage remains unknown, the plant carries large, dense, dome shaped terminal clusters that blend shades of yellow, pink, and white in a single truss, a multicolored effect striking enough that the selection first went by the name 'Stunning'. Charles Webb, a good friend of