General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 4-10 feet
Plant Spread: 4-6 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Exbury Azalea
  • Azalea
  • Deciduous Azalea
  • Rhododendron

Photo Gallery
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-05-18
Location: Laurel Ridge Trail, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2023-05-25
A typical truss of this azalea
Location: Laurel Ridge Trail, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2023-05-25
Part of a plant that reaches at least 8 feet in height
Location: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2012-05-08
Azalea 'Klondyke', growing in a wooded setting among other rhodod
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-05-18
Location: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2012-05-08
Buds of the azalea 'Klondyke' are deep orange, with yellow ribs,
Location: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2012-05-08
Azalea 'Klondyke' - yellow filaments support orange gold anthers,
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-09-18
Klondyke Azalea Hybrid
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-04-27
Orange buds open to golden-yellow blooms
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-04-24
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2012-04-21
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise - Brussel
Date: 2018-05-12
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2012-04-21
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-09-18
Klondyke Azalea Hybrid

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
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photo credit: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT
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