Piedmont Azalea (Rhododendron canescens), native to the U.S. southeast. Often confused with honeysuckle, but that’s a vine from Japan, and this is a bush from here. These azaleas are growing in the woods in Lowndes County, Georgia.

A sky full of azaleas:

Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, 10 April 2010.

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