Honey bees get nectar from this plant.
The individual flowers of Encore Azalea (Rhododendron Autumn Twist) are pretty, but the plant is messy looking, in my humble opinion.
Flame Azalea is common to the Appalachians where it lights up the late spring woods with every pale and brilliant shade of yellow, orange, red, and salmon. The 2 inch, non-fragrant flowers are borne in open trusses just as their leaves are beginning to come out. Plants are loosely branched and upright growing to about 6 feet. Fall foliage color is yellow or pale red. It likes good soil that is well drained, and bright indirect light.
According to "How to Know the Wildflowers" (1922) by Mrs. William Starr Dana, in parts of the country where this plant thrives, it can form veritable Rhododendron jungles, termed "hells" by the mountaineers. The branches reach out and interlace with each other making the area nearly impassable.
Honey bees get nectar from this plant.
Rhododendron 'P.J.M.,' or correctly the PJM Group, are rhododendron hybrids that resulted from a cross between R. carolinianum and R. dauricum var. sempervirens. Recent review of these species revises the taxonomy as R. minus Carolinianum Group and R. dauricum Semper-virens Group respectively.
The Sweet Pinxter Azalea is a perennial Florida native, attaining heights to 12 feet. Habitat for this beautiful shrub is in the northern range of the state, growing in the dappled shade of moist woodlands, along stream banks and in swamp margins.
