Plant: Stonewall Jackson - Azalea
Azalea - NATIVE · Rhododendron canescens
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A multi trunked native deciduous azalea reaching 6 to 15 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide, with dull velvety dark green leaves that turn red burgundy in fall. Clusters of five to nine fragrant funnel shaped pink, infrequently white, flowers open in early spring and draw hummingbirds, swallowtail butterflies and specialized bees. It wants an acid, organic, well drained but moist soil that may be occasionally wet, in partial shade or dappled sunlight, and settles well into a naturalized area, a woodland edge or a shade garden as a specimen, informal hedge or mass planting.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 15 ft tall and 10 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5a-9b
- Deciduous foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
A multi trunked native deciduous azalea reaching 6 to 15 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide, with dull velvety dark green leaves that turn red burgundy in fall. Clusters of five to nine fragrant funnel shaped pink, infrequently white, flowers open in early spring and draw hummingbirds, swallowtail butterflies and specialized bees. It wants an acid, organic, well drained but moist soil that may be occasionally wet, in partial shade or dappled sunlight, and settles well into a naturalized area, a woodland edge or a shade garden as a specimen, informal hedge or mass planting.
- Flowers
- Clusters of five to nine fragrant, funnel shaped, pink and infrequently white flowers, 1 to 2 inches long, in early spring.
- Foliage
- Obovate to elliptic, dull velvety and thick dark green leaves to 3 inches long and about three quarters of an inch wide.
- Fruit
- Woody, elongated capsules about half an inch long, displaying from September to October.
- Light
- Dappled/Filtered Light
- Native range
- North Carolina to Florida west to Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas
