Sam Brown's Wholesale Nursery-Rhodo Prunifolium

The garden is ablaze with color in the heat of summer when the fiery orange to red flowers of plum-leaf azalea (Rhododendron prunifolium) emerge against the backdrop of dark green shiny leaves. This native azalea is a delightful surprise for the summer garden when planted in part shade with acidic well-drained, slightly moist soils. Plum-leaf azalea makes an excellent specimen or background shrub in the garden reaching 8-10′ tall with an upright, irregular layered habit. It makes an excellent garden companion for Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), drooping leucothoe (Leucothoe fontanesiana), flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida), black bugbane (Actaea racemosa), Carolina rhododendron (Rhododendron minus var. minus), Canada lily (Lilium canadense), mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), and mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium). 5 Gallon Container Zones 5-8, Filtered to Partial Shade Sam Brown's Wholesale Nursery, was established in 1983, with the vision of providing unique and specimen plant materials with the highest quality of customer service. They sell both common and unusual trees, shrubs, grasses, perennials, annuals and tropicals.