General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Shrub
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 9b
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| Plant Height: |
8 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
6-12 feet |
| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Flower Color: |
Orange
Pink
White
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| Bloom Size: |
1"-2"
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| Flower Time: |
Spring
Late spring or early summer
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| Suitable Locations: |
Bog gardening
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| Uses: |
Cut Flower
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
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| Resistances: |
Rabbit Resistant
Humidity tolerant
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| Toxicity: |
Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Other: honey made from flowers can be toxic
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture
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| Containers: |
Not suitable for containers
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- Sweet Pinxter Azalea
- Pinxter Azalea
- Rhododendron
- Hoary Azalea
- Southern Pinxterflower
- Sweet Azalea
- Piedmont Azalea
- Honeysuckle Azalea
- Wild Azalea
- Mountain Azalea
- Wild Honeysuckle
- Sweet Mountain Azalea
- Rhodora
Posted by
plantladylin (Sebastian, Florida - Zone 10a) on Feb 15, 2013 4:34 PM concerning plant:
The Sweet Pinxter Azalea is a perennial Florida native, attaining heights to 12 feet. Habitat for this beautiful shrub is in the northern range of the state, growing in the dappled shade of moist woodlands, along stream banks and in swamp margins.
Rhododendron canescens bursts into flower in early spring, starting before the leaves emerge. The fragrant, showy flowers are borne in 4 to 8 inch round clusters, with several 2 to 3 inch long pink to pinkish-white flowers. Each flower has five wavy petals forming a tube, and broadly flaring at the mouth. The very long pistils and stamens curve upward, protruding from the tube well out beyond the petals. Fruit of the Sweet Pinxter Azalea is a hairy, reddish-brown cylindrical pod approximately 1/2 to 3/4 inch in length.
Rhododendron canescens ("Sweet Pinxter Azalea") along with Rhododendron austrinum ("Orange Azalea"/"Florida Flame Azalea") are among five Rhododendron species found in Florida and are the two most well known.
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| paleohunter |
On June 20, 2021 |
Cuttings took |
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On April 11, 2022 |
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