Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea red-bloom and canning

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and oblong in shape

Flat-topped clusters of pink flowers cover the plant in later spring to summer

The large mildly fragrant red double flowers bloom mid spring attracting butterflies

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Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea red-bloom and canningPiedmont 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