Rhododendron austrinum hybrid 'Colonel Mosby' Boost honors Saverio Manetti

honors Saverio Manetti

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and site the plant where the fragrant night flowers can be enjoyed after dark

The reward is quieter and rarer than a japonica in full flush: fine

Rhododendron austrinum hybrid 'Colonel Mosby' Boost honors Saverio Manetti'Colonel Mosby' is among the most arresting of the Dodd nurseries' Confederate Series of native azaleas, a deciduous hybrid raised at Dodd and Dodd Nurseries in Semmes, Alabama. The cross, made by Bob Schwindt, joins the golden Florida azalea, Rhododendron austrinum, with the large flowered Exbury hybrid 'Hotspur Yellow', and the plant takes its name from John Singleton Mosby, the Confederate cavalry commander known as the Gray Ghost. The flowers are