Azalea - Pink and Sweet

Azaleas prefer light to moderate shade and watering newly planted azaleas is essential. Site selection is very important. This is especially true when planting in spring. Striking blossoms are set off by deep green foliage that turns red each fall. Their shallow roots will dry out quickly during periods of limited rainfall. Pink and Sweet Azalea, Rhododendron viscosum 'Pink and Sweet', extends the season with color since it is a late-blooming azalea. Few landscape plants are more colorful than Pink and Sweet or offer as many opportunities for your landscape. Purplish-pink flowers have a golden flare in the throat and a spicy sweet fragrance. These sweet azaleas are so well named since they are lovely and very fragrant. Pink and Sweet performs best in well drained, acid, organic soil that maintains a uniform moisture level all year. It grows 4 feet wide and 3 feet wide. ... more