How to Grow and Care for Azaleas

Evergreen azalea is a bushy, sprawling Japanese native semi-evergreen shrub. It features magnificent cerise pink flowers with everlasting foliage. Because it has low tolerance to wet soils, drought, and immoderate fertilizer, this plant prefers well-drained soils in partial shade. The overall components of the plant are ideal for decoration, but it is toxic and should not be used for consumption.

Alpen rose is a small evergreen shrub native to high mountain ranges of Europe, where it grows on acidic soil above the tree line. It is renowned for its bell-shaped, pink, summer flowers. It is moderately toxic and should not be ingested.

Pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum) is a dense shrub species that is one of the most extensively cultivated Rhododendron species in western Europe. Pontic rhododendron is native to southern Europe and southwest Asia. This species is widely cultivated for ornamental purposes, and considered invasive in western Europe. Honey produced from the pollen of this species is poisonous.

Rhododendron maximum, commonly known as great laurel is a late-blooming evergreen shrub endemic to North America. It produces clusters of gentle, white or pink flowers and glossy oval leaves, typical for Rhododendron genus. Hill slopes of the Appalachian region are the natural habitat of this vigorous, hardy plant.

White azalea (Rhododendron mucronatum) is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub that will grow to 1.5 m tall and 1.5 m wide. It blooms in spring with clusters of snow-white flowers accented with light-gray spots. These trumpet-shaped blossoms are lightly scented and make a beautiful hedge or background plant in the garden. Prefers full sun to partial shade in moist well-drained soil.