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Mississippi
Swamp Azalea in flower
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Swamp Azalea

Rhododendron viscosum

It grows wild in 15 of Mississippi’s 82 counties.

Light
Part shade to full sun
Soil
Moist soil
Size
5 ft to 8 ft tall, 5.5 ft wide
Flowers
White
Leaves
Semi-evergreen
Roots
Woody roots; wants 14 in of soil
Kind
Shrub
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Swamp Azalea, drawn in a bed

in flowerfruit or seed

What it feeds

Caterpillars
52 kinds of caterpillars
Bees
24 kinds of native bees
Birds
5 kinds of birds
On its flowers
Two-spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus), Confusing bumble bee (Bombus perplexus), Mining bee (Andrena cornelli), Mining bee (Andrena vicina)

Grows well with

New England Aster4 ft tallNarrowleaf Sunflower6 ft tallSweet Joe-pye-weed6 ft tallSweet Goldenrod4 ft tallWrinkle-leaf Goldenrod4 ft tallHollow Joe-pye-weed6 ft tallInkberry8 ft tallFragrant Sumac4 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Rhododendron viscosum.