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PINXTERBLOOM

9 years ago

Rainy & cold here today. I crossed the stream in our local park and entered an oak/hickory forest. Understory dominated by mountain laurel, blueberries, NY fern, wild lily-of-the-valley and Pinxters:


They love hanging over the water's edge and bloom best where they can reach some sun. Although many native American azaleas have fragrant flowers, I detect none here. This is a great plant for naturalizing but rarely or never found in the trade. Some of these shrubs were easily 10' tall. This deciduous azalea often has respectable fall color. One last observation, my first hummingbird of the season, coming to the flowers. Are you lucky enough to have Pinxters? If so were they there naturally or did you plant them?

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