Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea 8-11ft-spread Can pinch back in early

Can pinch back in early summer before flowering to control height and promote more floriferous blooms

Aucuba are dioecious with the berries growing in abundance on the female plants

Fragrant packed spikes of popping butter yellow flowers bloom from early summer into fall attracting butterflies and hummingbirds

IMAGES: Shagil Kannur

The small creamy snapdragon-like flowers are enclosed by a spiny white bracts with pink tips arranged in vertical rows on large bright red flower spikes from late spring to mid summer

Rhododendron canescens ~ Piedmont Azalea 8-11ft-spread Can pinch back in earlyPiedmont Azalea is a large native deciduous shrub with finely toothed dull green foliage with grey undersides that turns rusty red in fall. Sweetly fragrant clusters of pink honeysuckle like flowers with darker pink bodies and elongated pink stamen bloom in early spring. Grows best in dappled sun and rich, consistently moist, well drained acidic soils. If allowed to naturalize, can reach a size of 6 15'. Type: Shrub Origins: Southeast N. America; GA