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- Flowers
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- Lighter color form
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- Foliage
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- Foliage
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- Spent seed capsules and new flower buds.
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- Bark on mature trunk
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- Habit
Scientific Name:
Rhododendron canescens
Common Name:
Piedmont Azalea
Scientific Name Pronounciation:
roh-do-DEN-dron kan-ESS-kens
Plant Type:
Shrub
Plant Hardiness Zones:
5-9
Plant Hardiness Zone(s):
Usual Size:
6-15 ft. H X 6-10 ft. W
Flower:
Fragrant tubular white-pink or pink; 2-3 inches long, spreading to 5 narrow petaled lobes; pistil and stamens extend past corolla.
Bloom Time Notes:
Spring
Leaf:
Deciduous; alternate; oval; short hairs on the margins.
Fruit:
A capsule containing small seeds.
Wildlife:
Showy flowers in early spring attract hummingbirds and butterflies.
Natural Habitat:
Along streams; swamp margins and nearby areas.
Propagation:
Division of clumps; cuttings taken in summer; layering; seed.
Bloom Time:
Sun or Shade:
Companion Plants:
Cultural Notes:
Piedmont Azalea (Rhododendron canescens) grows in partial shade to full sun; requires acid soil; does best with a lot of organic matter in the soil; like slightly moist soil; plant will be bushier with more sun; will slowly form clumps by sending up suckers.
It blooms in early spring, just about time the leaves come out.
Other Common Names: Pinxter Azalea, Wild Azalea, Bush Honeysuckle