Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea full-sun IMAGE: Kor

IMAGE: Kor

The fragrant flowers have rich shades of purple

Grows best in full sun and dry to medium well-drained soils

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Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea full-sun IMAGE: KorPiedmont 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