R. periclymenoides [Species]
R. periclymenoides [Species] Photo © Don Hyatt |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| R. periclymenoides | Species | Pink,White | Midseason | Deciduous | |
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 3-6’ | Pinxterbloom Azalea, R. nudiflorum | ||||
| 3-6’, stoloniferous. White to pale pink to deep pink, sometimes blends of each. Single, occasionally with petaloid stamens, to semidouble, tubular shape; 1-1 ½”. Usually flowers at the same time the leaves are emerging. Tubes short, pubescent and non-glandular. Stamens about three times as long as the tube. Lightly fragrant. Leaves bright green with a scattering of hairs above, smooth below. Leaf shape: elliptic, obovate, or oblong, to 3 ½” long. Twigs pubescent. Winter floral buds usually glabrous. Moderately easy to propagate from cuttings. Hardy to -15F; Z 4b-9a. This species is often confused with R. canescens. R. periclymenoides can be distinguised by its flower tubes which are typically fuzzy or pubescent but do not have sticky glandular hairs on the back. Native to Appalachian Mountains below 3,800’ to the Piedmont and Coastal Plains; Massachusetts south to North Carolina, west to central New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and eastern Kentucky and Tennessee to north Georgia and northern Alabama. First discovered by Rev John Bannister; introduced in England ~1734. | |||||