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These plants can spread by rhizomes if the soil is loose. The flowers can be white or a light pink color, and are fragrant. The flower tubes are the same colors, and are glandular. The pinkish red glands form a line onto each petal tip. Leaf color ranges from gray-green to blue-green. Dwarf azaleas are commonly less than two feet tall.
Dwarf azalea is a common name for several species of Rhododendron: Rhododendron atlanticum, native to the eastern United States; Rhododendron kiusianum, native to Japan;
Rhododendron atlanticum can be used in azalea breeding programs for its fragrance.Rhododendron atlanticum is a non-toxic species sometimes available in the nursery trade. . This species is often used in landscaping because its fragrance attracts pollinators such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds as well as it being a showy flower
Rhododendron kiusianum, the Kyushu azalea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to Kyushu, Japan. [1] It is a parent of a large number of hybrid dwarf azaleas, drawn from the naturally-occurring Kurume azaleas used in bonsai. [2] [3] It is the official flower of Unzen, Nagasaki, and of Kagoshima Prefecture.
Azaleas (/ ə ˈ z eɪ l i ə / ə-ZAY-lee-ə) are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly the former sections Tsutsusi (evergreen) and Pentanthera (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in the spring (April and May in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and October and November in the Southern Hemisphere), [1] their flowers often lasting ...
Some azaleas are deciduous and lose all their leaves in the fall but losing some leaves is natural for evergreen varieties. However, dried leaves clinging to the stems are a sign of winter damage ...
Kalmia procumbens, commonly known as alpine azalea [1] or trailing azalea, [2] is a dwarf shrub of high mountain regions of the Northern Hemisphere that usually grows no more than 10 centimeters (4 in) tall. Originally named by Linnaeus as Azalea procumbens, it is also named after French botanist L.L.A. Loiseleur-Deslongchamps - Loiseleuria ...
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