#1937 most planted
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Pink azalea · also Pinxter flower, Election-pink, Pinxter-flower
Ornamental
14
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
15 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
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Rhododendron periclymenoides, also known as pink azalea or pinxter flower, is a shrub native to eastern North America. It produces showy, strongly scented pink flowers in spring and has bright green ovate leaves. The plant contains toxins in all parts, and it is found in riparian areas and wet to dry forests.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 140.01%15 yr—
Traits
- Form
- Ornamental
- Mature height
- 9 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- New England-Acadian forests
Other Rhododendron in the catalogue
20 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
