Louisville, KY (Zone 6b) | January 2015 | positive
Hybridizes very freely. To be sure you have one true to type, purchase a shrub in bloom. The good thing about that, however, is it's pote...Read Morential to parent great offsprings, hopefully imparting it's fragrance (the most fragrant azalea) and it's compact growth in your own garden. That's all great, but one of its best attributes is that it can thrive in dry soil! That is a huge pls for me as the only way I've lost azaleas has been due to Summer drought.
This azalea is blooming now, 3-29-12. (Very mild winter here.) Very nice. I haven't seen this color before in the rhodies I'm growing. ...Read Morer />
Also takes Tennessee heat well.
I was lucky enough to see this beautiful plant growing well in a Nature Preserve in Central Louisiana. I thought it smelled like "ananya"...Read More with a lemony overtone. Beautiful yellow splash in the center of a white bloom.
Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) | August 2002 | neutral
The Alabama Azalea flower is typically white with a bright yellow blotch, but is sometimes flushed with pink. The attractive lemon fragr...Read Moreance is most distinctive. It blooms mid to late April on plants growing from three to ten feet in height. (per Lazy K Nursery, Inc.)
Hybridizes very freely. To be sure you have one true to type, purchase a shrub in bloom. The good thing about that, however, is it's pote...Read More
Several of these grow in the landscape at the Arnold Arboretum, Boston (Z6a).
Dirr calls this possibly the most fragrant ...Read More
This azalea is blooming now, 3-29-12. (Very mild winter here.) Very nice. I haven't seen this color before in the rhodies I'm growing....Read More
I was lucky enough to see this beautiful plant growing well in a Nature Preserve in Central Louisiana. I thought it smelled like "ananya"...Read More
The Alabama Azalea flower is typically white with a bright yellow blotch, but is sometimes flushed with pink. The attractive lemon fragr...Read More