It reminds me of when I was a kid taking hikes on the Wild Azalea Trail, the longest trail in Louisiana. It covers 26 miles in the Kisatchie National Forest just outside of Alexandria and likely ...

The Wild Azalea Trail is the longest primitive hiking trail in Louisiana, and you’re in for a pretty extensive hike if you tackle all 23.9 miles. With an elevation gain of around 1,300 feet ...

Adirondack paddler Tom French and his daughter, Emma, follow a path down the West Branch of the Oswegatchie in the hopes of ...

Louisiana residents are admitted free every ... www.ripvanwinklegardens.com The Wild Azalea Trail in the Kisatchie National Forest’s Evangeline Unit of the Calcasieu Ranger District, west ...

A wildflower meadow is full of spring color, like the orange-tinted wild azaleas. “This is Louisiana Blue Star. It’s native to this area,” Brossette said. Brossette can name them all.

For example, an azalea that was developed for the landscape in Independence, Louisiana would do very well in the deep South where it would experience the same heat, humidity, and exposure.