A couple of pics of azaleas I took yesterday while walking to work. Ahh, the latest signs of springtime. Actually they were the latest sign of springtime yesterday, but today's sign of spring is somewhat less welcome: the year's first bit of hay fever. Aargh!
If I just posted pretty pictures without at least trying for some sort of wider relevance, I'd probably feel guilty about it. So here's what I came up with:
- The mountain azalea, Rhododendron canescens, is listed as endangered in Kentucky.
- The dwarf azalea, Rhododendron atlanticum is also listed as endangered, in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
- The NC Arboretum has more info on those and other native Appalachian azalea species.
- Much info on all sorts of azalea and rhododendron species and varieties, from OSU. Most of the links take you to photos, although there aren't any on the main page.
- A story about the big Azalea Festival in Wilmington NC.
- Muskogee, OK has a festival too.
- A couple of pics from the tiny burg of Azalea, Oregon.
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