Thread: What's the name of this flower?
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Old 28-05-2011, 08:29 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default What's the name of this flower?
On 5/28/11 11:34 AM, qquito wrote:
Hello, All:

Could anyone tell the name of the flower in the following pictures?

It is a shrub beside some big trees in southern Virginia.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V...r_IMG_4166.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-z...r_IMG_4165.JPG

Thank you for reading and replying!
---Roland

That appears to be some form of rhododendron, quite likely azalea (which
is a species of rhododendron).

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