General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 4-6 feet
Plant Spread: 4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture

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Common names
  • Azalea
  • Rhododendron

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-17
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-21
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-17
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-21
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-17
3-year-old transplant
Comments:
  • Posted by LoriMT (Dawsonville, GA - Zone 8a) on Feb 13, 2022 2:06 PM concerning plant:
    `Razzberry' is a natural hybrid (R. flammeum x periclymenoides) collected by Earl Sommerville in 1960 at Lake Allatoona in north Georgia. The flowers are raspberry in color, with a bright yellow blotch.

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