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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0)
Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 5 to 6 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture
Parentage: Hotspur Yellow X austrinum

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Trade name information:
Series: Confederate
Cultivar name: 'Admiral Semmes'
Common names
  • Azalea
  • Rhododendron

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2015-04-13
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2015-04-13
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