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Azalea

Deciduous. Summer flowering. Vigorous growing with stiff upright branches topped with peach buds and pale yellow flowers in mid July. The blossoms have a slight lemony fragrance and hold up well in hot sun, often for 2 weeks or more. Foliage is small, curled downward and has a dusty blue-green color in summer. Leaves change to dark pink-red on exterior branches and to yellow on interior branches in fall. They are resistant to mildew. Winter stems are a distinctive red-brown. (-34°F, UM) PP -- This cultivar or species has been selected as a "Proven Performer" by the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society and performs consistently well in USDA Zones 5 and 6 Massachusetts landscapes.
HERITAGE: Selected in 1975 from a block of viscosum 1963 hybrids (viscosum x Unknown)