杜鹃花在当今世界几乎所有国家的园林景区,经常是无处不在的显要角色。我国已故杜鹃花专家冯国楣先生在他主编的《中国杜鹃花》第一册的前言中指出:“杜鹃花进入世界庭园,成为世界名花,始于19世纪末叶; Azaleas are often ubiquitous in the landscape of almost all countries in the world today. Mr. Feng Guomei, the late expert on azaleas in our country, pointed out in the preface to the first volume of ”China’s Azaleas“ that he is chief editor: ”Azaleas have entered the world garden and become the world’s famous flower since the end of the 19th century;