Azalea

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection

Source of plant

Roslyn Nursery

Description

To 3' tall; hardy to -20 degrees F.; early blooming. At a distance, flowers look shrimp pink; close up colors are rainbow-like; yellow peaks from almost white with pink stripes radiating through each petal. Foliage is very showy in the fall (DS 227). The first to bloom; white flowers marked with pink stripes radiating through each petal, and a suffusion of yellow. Foliage semi-evergreen with a fabulous red fall color (DS 192).

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

fall color, flowering season, flower color