Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea 8-11ft-spread Fragrant packed spikes of popping

Fragrant packed spikes of popping butter yellow flowers bloom from early summer into fall attracting butterflies and hummingbirds

formally double deep rose pink flowers begin in late winter and continue into spring attracting butterflies

IMAGES: Shagil Kannur

Can pinch back in early summer before flowering to control height and promote more floriferous blooms

Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea 8-11ft-spread Fragrant packed spikes of poppingPiedmont 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