Mid-Atlantic Gardening: spring time plant shopping, 1 by UMD_Terp

UMD_Terp wrote:
If anybody is interested I have a book written by a chapter member, "success with rhododendrons and azaleas, revised edition" by H. Edward Reiley. The book is a great resource. He was a member of our chapter and a very knowledgeable plantsmen and hybridizer. I can bring my copy to the swap for browsing or they are $25 if you want your own. It is very comprehensive.

Happy- if you are going to do cuttings of your plants you'd be wise to purchase one.

LMK. Glad to see the spike in interest.

I'm also a big proponent of buying locally grown plants that is why I'm so "high" on Mike White's. You know the plants were grown here and not shipped in from another state. It just makes sense to me to buy from the little guy instead of a box store with no idea where or who grew the plants.

Just my two cents.

The picture is from a house in savage, MD. The homeowner had no idea what it was, his wife planted it. I enjoyed it and he appreciated my interest in it. 'Gibralter' would be an off hand guess.