Rhododendron viscosum
swamp azalea
Ericaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
shrub
Size:
5-15 ft tall by to 12 ft wide
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
white,pink
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
deciduous
Noted For:
Showy Flowers, Aroma/Showy Fruitsagrance
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Specimen plant for moist shady areas. Shady rain gardens.
Considerations:
Light:
Shade
Moisture Tolerance:
Stays wet ---- to ---- Somewhat moist, no flooding
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Organic
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A,9B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Hummingbirds
- Attracts pollinators especially bumble bees.
- Attracts butterflies.
Attracts hummingbirds.
Native Habitats:
Moist-wet sites. Seep swamps, pineland-wetland ecotones, edges of bay swamps, moist woods.
