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Azalea, Korean

A low to medium semievergreen shrub. Small clusters of mildly fragrant rose to lilac-purple flowers with a reddish blotch in May. Can form dense masses. Dark green summer foliage turns orange to red-purple in fall. The common azalea of Korea, introduced to the Arnold Arboretum in 1905, has played a major role in the development of hardier evergreen azaleas. Full sun part shade.