https://internetbrothers.org/2016/04/30/big-bradley-falls-overlook-polk-county-nc/olympus-digital-camera-2682/ A Hiking Blog Sun, 01 May 2016 19:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://internetbrothers.org/2016/04/30/big-bradley-falls-overlook-polk-county-nc/olympus-digital-camera-2682/#comment-5671 Sun, 01 May 2016 19:16:52 +0000 http://internetbrothers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bigbradley_rhododendron_carolinianum.jpg#comment-5671 You’re right Tim that the rosebay blooms in early July. The blossom is larger than the carolinianum and shaped like a softball. This one seems to me to be more like the native azalea family.

]]> https://internetbrothers.org/2016/04/30/big-bradley-falls-overlook-polk-county-nc/olympus-digital-camera-2682/#comment-5670 Sun, 01 May 2016 15:21:02 +0000 http://internetbrothers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bigbradley_rhododendron_carolinianum.jpg#comment-5670 I got some pictures of this same kind of rhododendron on the Hickory Nut Falls trail at Chimney Rock last May 2nd. Was happily surprised to see it. I thought it was Rosebay Rhododendron at first, but that blooms in early July. Nice to learn more about the different varieties of mountain flowers. Thanks!

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