🌿 SUMMER IS HERE 🌿

A bouquet of fragrant Western Azalea
(Rhododendron occidentale)
happy in an old Chinese teapot
with a Mideke porcelain dish.
The is one of only two species of
Rhododendrons native to the west coast of N. America,
ranging from N. California up to S. Washington.
Picked anno twenty-one June 2019.
Shaw Island, WA. USDA zone 8b. 

One report claims this Rhododendron is tricky to propagate by cuttings but there will be lots of seeds to harvest in late summer for Gatehouse packets. There is no pre-treatment necessary, an unheated greenhouse and humusy soil would be handy.