Scientific Name: Rhododendron cv.
Common Name: azalea
Family Name: Ericaceae
Origin: Garden origin, North America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen, Flowering pot plant, Shrub - deciduous
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant, Mixed shrub border
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Acidic
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Lustrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, White, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Mar-Apr-May
Fruit: Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, ovate-elliptic, most blades 2-6cm long x 1-3cm wide, usually leathery, deciduous or locally evergreen cvs.