[Azaleas, Labrador Teas and Rhododendrons: The Genus Rhododendron West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Western azalea blooming at the Days Gulch Botanical Area southwest of Selma, OR......April 21, 2021.

Western azalea beginning to bloom at the Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside to the southwest of Selma, OR......April 21, 2021.

Western azalea as seen at left on the southwestern slopes of Eight Dollar Mountain about one-half mile east of the green bridge across the Illinois River, southwestern Oregon..........April 29, 2012. The photo at right shows western azalea beginning to bloom at the Days Gulch Botanical Area, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest......April 6, 2022.

Western azalea as seen on the southwestern slopes of Eight Dollar Mountain about one-half mile east of the green bridge across the Illinois River, southwestern Oregon..........April 29, 2012.

Western azalea as seen at the Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside (BLM) off Eight Dollar Mountain Road, to the southwest of Selma, Oregon..........April 27, 2012.

Western azalea in bloom at left in the webmaster's woodland garden in Gresham, OR.......May 9, 2018. The photo at right shows western azalea fading out of bloom in northern California along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 about one mile west of the trailhead and Cook and Green Pass, Klamath National Forest.......July 14, 2020.