My Mary Deciduous Azalea

Large clusters of tubular, 2-1/2"wide, clear golden yellow fragrant blooms with contrasting orange tubes are borne in early spring before the foliage emerges. Attracts butterflies. Azaleas need a humus rich, acid soil and adequate moisture during establishment as well a good organic mulch. The mulch will keep the root zone cooler and at a more stable temperature, helps to conserve moisture, controls competition from weeds, and as it breaks down it's nutrients are slowly release back into the soil feeding your plants. Properly mulched Azaleas often need little additional nutrients once they are well established. Never use lime around Azaleas and realize that many of your 'garden' fertilizers like 8-8-8 and 13-13-13 contain lime as a filler so this could be toxic to them. Use a slow release, non-burning acidifying fertilize instead.

A beautiful plant, rounded in shape and crowned in late April with light brilliant yellow 2½" flowers. It's a fragrant offspring of 'Nacooche' x R. austrinum, a stoloniferous azalea which produces stems that grow horizontally along the ground.