Plant Identification

[ed_hazera3]

<p>This plant appears to be a hybrid with Azalea like flowers.<br>

Am I correct in my assumption?</p><div></div>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Hi Ed,<br /> It looks like a hybrid Azalea such as you'd find in a nursery or local garden center. They're bred for certain characteristics such as blossom color. This one looks like it has double flowers. Many orange and orange/red hybrids have the wild <em>Rhododendron calendulaceum</em> (Flame Azelea) in their breeding.</p>

[ed_hazera3]

<p>Thank you for responding Laura.<br /> You are correct in observing the double flowers.<br>

Next monday, I will post an image of the flower clusters.</p>

[noreen]

<p>Although I'm sure that there is a great deal of botanical knowledge here, a gardening forum might be a better place to ask about a specific hybrid.</p>

<p>This one's pretty! I moved from Maine to Tucson almost two years ago; however much I appreciate bougainvilleas, crepe myrtles, and oleanders here, I miss the rhodos and azaleas--cultivated and native--of home.</p>