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The azaleas were lovely, colorful touches under the pervasive shade of so many trees, still moist from the last rain, ready for the next. Just the way they thrive and grow naturally. Could this possibly be a scene in California? Yes and no. Azaleas (Rhododendron) thrive in their native homes here -- "the margins of cool coastal forests that are fog swept in summer and rain pelted in winter," as native plant expert Glenn Keator describes the rosebay rhododendron (R. macrophyllum) habitats near the Pacific coast. Of the Western azalea (R. occidentale), he explains that although it appears in...
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