Rhododendron canescens

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Wild Azalea, Piedmont Azalea, Pinxter Azalea

Form:	Shrub
Size:	10-15 ft tall by 10-15 ft wide
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	Pink
Fruit Color:	Brown
Phenology:	Deciduous; blooms in mid-spring. Life span approx. 50 yrs. (Nelson 2003).
Noted for:	Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers

Recommended Uses:

Specimen plant, thicket, or natural background plantings.

Propagation:

Seed or division.

Availability:

Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales

Light:

Part Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

always floodedextremely dry

(Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry)

Moisture Tolerance:

Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.

Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or other substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Highly acidic to acidic

Wildlife:	Attracts hummingbirds.
Insects:	Attracts pollinators, especially bumble bees.
Native Habitats:	Upland hardwood forests, flatwoods, by swamps, bluffs, slope forests, secondary woods.

Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B 9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures

Ethnobotany:

Poisonous if eaten.