General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 6-10 ft
Plant Spread: 6-10 ft
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Red
Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Bees

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Common names
  • Flame Azalea
  • Rhododendron

Photo Gallery
Location: Longwood Gardens PA
Date: 2014-06
grounds
Location: Belmonte Arboretum (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Location: Belmonte Arboretum (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Location: Beautiful Tennessee/Roaring Fork Motor Trail
Date: June 1, 2015
pretty in rain
Location: Tennessee
courtesy Sunlight Gardens, www.sunlightgardens.com
Location: Laurel Falls Trail, Smoky Mountains National Park
Date: 2017-04-25

Date: 2014-02-01
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2016-06-15
Location: Longwood Gardens PA
Date: 2014-06
grounds
Location: Laurel Falls Trail, Smoky Mountains National Park
Date: 2017-05-02

Date: 2013-05-08
Location: 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show
Date: 2013-03-07
I suspect this is a \"cultivar\" rather than the straight species
Location: 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show
Date: 2013-03-07
They look a little different in the border of this exhibit than t
Location: Maggie Valley, North Carolina
Date: 2010-05-14
Flame azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum)

Photo by Arx Fortis, Wikipedia
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jan 15, 2012 7:02 AM concerning plant:
    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.

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