Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden
Federal Way, WA
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R. arborescens

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Upright deciduous shrubs with smooth stems. The ovate to elliptic leaves are shiny dark green on the upper surface, becoming red or other bright colors in the autumn. The fragrant flowers (early to mid-summer) are white to white flushed pink with a long narrow tube and spreading lobes. The Smooth Azalea is a fine late-blooming, fragrant species for sun or the woodland garden. Native to the E USA from Pennsylvania to Alabama where it occurs in various habitats from 1,000 to 5,000 ft.

 

1976/273  HTS#1100A:USNA (-10\R1\4). This smaller-growing clone with fragrant white flowers was collected wild in Upson Co., Georgia. Our latest blooming clone (late July).

 

1976/290  'Bright'  Gable  (-10).

 

1977/435  'Pink Smokey'  JCB  (-10).  Light to strong pink scented flowers on this late blooming deciduous azalea.

 

1980/012  TOW (-10).  White flowers with a yellow blotch.  Propagated from a plant found in South Carolina.

 

1981/074  BIL  (-10).  Form with light pink flowers.

 

1995sd322  95ARS#366:RSBG  (-15?\R1\6).  Grown from seed collected at 3,520 ft. in Randolph Co., W Virginia.  Fragrant white to pink flowers in early to mid-summer on this large deciduous azalea.  Stunning scarlet foliage in the autumn.

 

1997sd343  97ARS#456  (-10\R1\5).  Grown from seed collected wild near Cheat Bridge in Randolph Cp., West Virginia.

 

1997sd376  97ARS#455:RSBG  (-10\R1\5).  Deciduous azalea with fragrant white flowers in early to mid-summer.  Great fall foliage color.  Grown from seed collected wild near Sanderson in Danawha Co., West Virginia.