Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea southeast-native creating a fuller looking flowers

creating a fuller looking flowers that bloom densely from early to mid spring attracting butterflies

Yellowing leaves may occur in alkaline soils

Best color in full sun and well-drained soils

Short stocks sporting clusters of small flowers that open pink and mature blue blooms from late winter into spring attracting butterflies

Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea southeast-native creating a fuller looking flowersPiedmont Azalea is a large native deciduous shrub with finely toothed dull green foliage with grey undersides that turns rusty red in fall. Sweetly fragrant clusters of pink honeysuckle like flowers with darker pink bodies and elongated pink stamen bloom in early spring. Grows best in dappled sun and rich, consistently moist, well drained acidic soils. If allowed to naturalize, can reach a size of 6 15'. Type: Shrub Origins: Southeast N. America; GA