Plumleaf Azalea
Rhododendron prunifolium
Plumleaf azalea is a rare, late-summer-blooming azalea whose flaming red-orange flowers appear in July and August when little else blooms, drawing hummingbirds. A prized deciduous azalea for moist shade.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 8–12 ft
- Spacing
- 6–8 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- red, orange
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~51 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, GA
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