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Ahhh, spring and the return of oceans of luxurious color. The azaleas are beginning to bloom.
From
the Greek “azaléos” meaning dry, azaleas are generally found in dry
soil. A shrub often linked to the Old South, North America actually has
at least 16 species of native azaleas found coast-to-coast. Often they are
divided into three groups: the whites, the pinks and the reds-to-orange.
But
azaleas are also found, even revered around the world. In China, the
azalea is known as "thinking of home bush" (xiangsi shu), while the
flowering shrubs are often immortalized in Chinese, Japanese and Korean
poetry.
And now a bit of homespun haiku:
Azalea flower
explode the red in my heart.
Springtime's passion.
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