{"id":10815,"date":"2018-07-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=10815"},"modified":"2018-07-23T12:38:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T16:38:56","slug":"native-plumleaf-azalea-blooms-in-late-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/07\/28\/native-plumleaf-azalea-blooms-in-late-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Plumleaf Azalea Blooms In Late July"},"content":{"rendered":"
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July-blooming Plumleaf Azalea<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rare Yellow Flowering Form<\/p><\/div>\n

Plumleaf azalea (Rhododendron prunifolium<\/em>) is a native deciduous azalea that grows in the Chattahoochee River Valley on the Georgia-Alabama line (USDA hardiness zones 6-9). It\u00a0is one of the signature plants of Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia.<\/p>\n

Their\u00a0bright orange-red flowers surprise in late July into early Augusta and blooms may last for 2 weeks or more. Spring and summer foliage is medium-green and remains mostly blemish-free. Compared to many\u00a0other spring blooming native azaleas, flowers are not fragrant. Fall leaf color is also uneventful.\u00a0Insect and disease problems are rare if the plant is properly sited.<\/p>\n

This 5-8 feet tall and wide shrub performs best in morning sunlight and shaded from the harsh afternoon summer sun. It grows in well-drained, compost amended soil. Plumleaf azalea prospers in the calcareous clay soils found in the Appalachian region without pH correction. \u00a0Plant in full-day light shade in zones 7-9. Set the shrub into a shallow wide dug hole\u00a0that has been\u00a0generously\u00a0amended with compost and\/or peat.<\/p>\n

Feed in early spring with a slow-release fertilizer such as Osmocote\u2122 or Nutricote\u2122. An alternative nutrition program is to use a water soluble product such as Miracle-Gro\u2122 or Jack’s\u2122\u00a0 in early spring and again in early summer. Maintain 2-3 inches of a pine-based mulch around the base of the shrub. Irrigate plant(s) the first\u00a02 years of establishment and\u00a0you will be rewarded for\u00a0many summers to come.<\/p>\n

Plumleaf azaleas are usually available from mail order companies on-line. It is best to purchase and plant them before late spring so that their fine shallow rootsystem can adapt to their new site before winter arrives.<\/p>\n

Plumleaf azaleas bloom on new current season’s wood.\u00a0Prune deciduous azaleas anytime after bloom to maintain a desired height and spread. Plumleaf azalea is primarily available at local native plant nurseries or is offered online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plumleaf azalea (Rhododendron prunifolium) is a native deciduous azalea that grows in the Chattahoochee River Valley on the Georgia-Alabama line (USDA hardiness zones 6-9). It\u00a0is one of the signature plants of Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Their\u00a0bright orange-red flowers surprise in late July into early Augusta and blooms may last for 2 weeks or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,711,1319,674,645,806,665,853,551,627,843,761,1060,1059,601,729,712,777,1210,630,706,646,7,113,455,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10815"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10823,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10815\/revisions\/10823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}