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Smooth Azalea (Rhododendron Arborescens) Native Growing Regions: Alabama Georgia Kentucky Maryland Mississippi New York North Carolina Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Virginia

• Category: Dicot
• Genus: Rhododendron
• Family: Ericaceae
• Order: Ericales
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Shrub
• Native Status: L48 (N)
• State T/E Status: NY (EV)
• State T/E Common Name: NY (smooth azalea)
• National Wetland Indicator Status: FAC FACW-
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FAC) 2(FACW-)
• Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: High
• Coppice Potential: Yes
• Fall Conspicuous: Yes
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: White
• Flower Conspicuous: Yes
• Foliage Color: Dark Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Dense
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Moderate
• Foliage Texture: Medium
• Fruit/Seed Color: Brown
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No
• Growth Form: Multiple Stem
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• Height at 20 Years Maximum (feet): 18
• Height Mature (feet): 18
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Long
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: Yes
• Shape and Orientation: Semi-Erect
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: No
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
• Anaerobic Tolerance: Medium
• CaCO3 Tolerance: None
• Cold Stratification Required: Yes
• Drought Tolerance: Low
• Fertility Requirement: Low
• Fire Tolerance: Medium
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 185
• Hedge Tolerance: Medium
• Moisture Use: Medium
• pH (Minimum): 4.2
• pH (Maximum): 5.7
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 300
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 700
• Precipitation (Minimum): 36
• Precipitation (Maximum): 55
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 12
• Salinity Tolerance: None
• Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
• Temperature Minimum (°F): -13
• Bloom Period: Late Spring
• Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: Low
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: Yes
• Propagated by Bare Root: Yes
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: Yes
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: Yes
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: No
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed per Pound: 528000
• Seed Spread Rate: Slow
• Seedling Vigor: Low
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: None

Smooth Azalea (Rhododendron Arborescens)

Rhododendron Arborescens, or more commonly know as Smooth Azalea, is a shrub with dark green foliage and white flowers of the genus Rhododendron. It has a moderate growth rate and a height of 18 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It’s active growth period is spring and summer, blooms during late spring and is tolerant of shade. Rhododendron Arborescens or Smooth Azalea‘s floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Tags: Dark Green, Dicot, Ericaceae, Ericales, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Moderate, Multiple Stem, Perennial, Rhododendron, Shrub

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