What's the name of this flower?
 

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

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).

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary

Hi Roland, I think that you will find as has been suggested that they are indeed Azalea japonica (evergreen japanese Azaleas) As a keen golfer, Im always impressed by the banks of these when the hold the 'Masters Golf tournament' at Augusta National in Georgia in the spring !
lannerman.