Rhododendron stenopetalum 'Linearifolium' Highlight this is a soft-stemmed tropical

this is a soft-stemmed tropical shrub that flowers with almost comic persistence

but typically this species flowers in the fall

a coastal windbreak

or a foundation planting where late-season color is wanted

an old joke at the fruit's expense

Rhododendron stenopetalum 'Linearifolium' Highlight this is a soft-stemmed tropicalA three hundred year old Japanese garden azalea that does not look quite like a rhododendron, does not look quite like an azalea, and does not really look like anything else. The leaves are narrow green ribbons, three to five millimeters wide and a couple of inches long, closer to willow or fine grass than to the broad rounded foliage of an ordinary tsutsuji. The flowers, opening in late April and May, follow the same grammar: deeply divided into long