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North Carolina
Swamp Azalea in flower
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Swamp Azalea

Rhododendron viscosum

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

Native to North Carolina.

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
62 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 tallCoastal Plain Joe-pye-weed4 ft tallSweet Joe-pye-weed6 ft tallSweet Goldenrod4 ft tallWrinkle-leaf Goldenrod4 ft tallHollow Joe-pye-weed6 ft tallCalico Aster3 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Rhododendron viscosum.