The Rhododendron Dell at Kew is in full, glorious bloom! Librarian Virginia Mills explains how Joseph Hooker first brought rhododendrons from the Himalayas to Kew, The Indian state of Sikkim in the ...

My favorite shade tolerant native shrub is pinxterbloom azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides), which has brilliant fragrant pink flowers in early spring. Pinxterbloom azalea is deciduous and does best ...