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South Carolina
Flame Azalea in flower
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Flame Azalea

Rhododendron calendulaceum

It grows wild in 6 of South Carolina’s 46 counties.

Light
Full shade to full sun
Soil
Dry to moist soil
Size
9.5 ft to 15 ft tall, 9 ft wide
Flowers
Yellow, orange, pink and red
Leaves
Deciduous
Roots
Woody roots
Kind
Shrub
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Flame Azalea, drawn in a bed

in flowerfruit or seedfall colorbare for winter

What it feeds

Caterpillars
55 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

Northern Highbush Blueberry9 ft tallInkberry8 ft tallPossumhaw Viburnum8 ft tallYaupon Holly15 ft tallNarrowleaf Sunflower6 ft tallWitherod Viburnum8 ft tallCommon Elderberry8 ft tallCutleaf Coneflower6 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Rhododendron calendulaceum.