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dispel some confusion you may have about rhododendrons. people talk about rhododendrons and azaleas as two different groups of plants, but in fact, all azaleas belong to the genus rhododendron. our native azaleas, also called wild honeysuckles, are upright, airy, deciduous shrubs, often with fragrant flowers
. their asian counterparts, like 'hershey's red' and 'formosa,' are dense and mounding, non-fragrant, with evergreen leaves from to inches long. they usually grow from to feet tall and wide. for this story, rhododendrons refers to those plants with large, evergreen leaves up to inches long. they get...
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