Broadly upright deciduous shrubs. The rhombic (diamond-shaped) leaves of this distinct species are a deep glossy green and arranged in whorls at the branch tips. The flowers (late spring to early summer) are deep rose to rose-purple in groups of three to four. A lovely and unusual azalea considered rare in its native Japan where it grows in the mountains of S Honshu. A widely adaptable, heat and cold tolerant species, best in light shade or the woodland garden.
1973/250GIG(0).Vigorous, upright “three-leaved” azalea with bright orange-red fall foliage and peculiar lavender-rose flowers in late spring.
1976/080MB(0).
1998sd150RSBG(-10\R1\4).Choice deciduous azalea with large, glossy, rhombic leaves arranged in whorls at the branch tips. Rose to rose-purple flowers in early summer.These seedlings from a “superior form” grown on the east coast by Dr. Nickolas Nickou.
