Salix nigra 'Webb' Edmund Cuthbert The coast azalea belongs to

The coast azalea belongs to the same beloved tribe of Southern bush honeysuckles grown for fragrance rather than food

allow room for a fifty- to seventy-foot crown

even boggy ground of swamps

whose caterpillars feed on the leaves

for the plant clothes the dry coastal hills of the Mediterranean in a blue haze within reach of the salt spray

Salix nigra 'Webb' Edmund Cuthbert The coast azalea belongs toSalix nigra, the black willow, is the largest native willow of North America and a common deciduous tree of Southern wetlands, but 'Webb' is a strikingly different, vase shaped form that gathers those loose, streamside branches into a small, dense, upright tree. The habit sets the selection apart at once, tidy and shapely where the wild black willow sprawls, while keeping all the toughness and easy water loving vigor of the species. The story behind