I would love to find any fragrant native azaleas that will survive the heat of the South. I am looking for: Rhododendron arborescens Rhododendron canescens Rhododendron austrinum (Florida azalea) Rhododendron alabamense Rhododendron prinophyllum Rhododendron viscosum Any other native azalea that is really fragrant will be much appreciated. I believe many of these, if not all, can reseed, and some might be able to be rooted. I would love a rooted plant from a cutting or a seed. It does not have to be a large plant, just have a healthy root system. I can send you an Oakleaf hydrangea, flowering quince, indigofera, forsythia cutting/possibly rooted, grape hyacinths, toad lily seedlings, oregano, night-blooming cereus cutting (tropical) plus any others on my exchange list. All of the plants I will send will be somewhat small because they will be mailed, and because they are just starting out from seed or the parent plant. Let me know what you are looking for. Some of the plants I have are dormant, and some I cannot send until they come back from the winter. Others, like the gardenia, I will have to root and will need summer heat to do so. The best of these plants (that you'll need to wait for) are: Gardenia rooted Brugmansia rooted Butterfly vine rooted Hosta - green leaves/white flowers If you have a fragrant azalea to trade, let me know what you are looking for. I may be able to find it and send it to you. Thank you for sharing any fragrant native azalea.

Probably Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' a fairly common winter/early spring flowering evergreen shrub in UK gardens. Doesn't really need any pruning. It's never a particularly elegant grower but it's worth while for the winter fragrance. Just take cuttings from where you want to. Here is a link that might be useful: Growing daphne odora

I don't have a photo, I didn't own a camera on the month that the man brought me the incredibly large rose blossom. I've compared it to every thing I've ever seen blooming at vintage gardens home garden and at san jose heritage rose garden, and my journal notes about exceptional roses, and no description or image comes close to it. From its shape and style of bloom it appears to have a strong H.P. influence. One blossom has a great weight, for a rose blossom, a hardball baseball came to my mind when it was in my palm. The little scrap of foliage on the cutting the man brought me appeared somewhat typical for a H.T. but these were only 3 leaflet leaves. I would guess from those traits listed above that it could be a first or second generation Hybrid Tea. I would think that it would have been bred in a warm climate because it only opens fully in 80+ degree weather No Identification yet, as of March 9th, 2011. I would guess that in the modern age since patenting that such a rose would not have a great commercial value, because of the limitation from its requirement of heat to fully open, I've been looking among H.T.s that were introduced between the 1860's through the 1940's for an identification, to begin with. I've moved since getting the rose blossom and haven't seen the man who owns the rosebush since, but it is still on my mind. thanks all, Luxrosa

I got it 3-4 years ago on an approved plant rescue on a 500 acre hunting preserve in Georgia that was being converted to a subdivision. It is almost certainly a natural hybrid. We also found r. canescens on the same site. Thanks for giving me tips on what it's parentage might be. I finally got most of my rescued azaleas in strong enough sun to produce blooms on most plants. I'll try to take some more pictures as they bloom.