General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: Double, pale yellow with pale pink tinge on the edges
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Deciduous Azalea
  • Azalea
  • Rhododendron

Photo Gallery
Location: Clement Gray Bowers Rhododendron Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 06/02/2003
photo by Cornell Plantations via Cornell University Library's eCo
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: 2024-05-04
Location: The Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: Spring, 2001
Deciduous Azalea (Rhododendron 'Narcissiflorum') 001
Location: The Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: Spring, 2001
Deciduous Azalea (Rhododendron 'Narcissiflorum') 002

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
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Location: The Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: Spring, 2001
Deciduous Azalea (Rhododendron 'Narcissiflorum') 003

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