Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
04 / 13 / 2016
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Season Photo Was Taken
Spring
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Atlanta
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State
Georgia
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Posted by
bobmoon
Notes:
This bush grows in our yard and I’ve thought it was a rhododendron, but a friend says no because it doesn’t have waxy leaves. It is probably 4-ft tall and is deciduous, so it doesn’t keep leaves all year like an azalea.
Comments
Jim Unregistered says:
Another native, deciduous azalea you will enjoy when you run across it is the flame azalea – looks like the pinxter, but color varies from yellow to bright red-orange.
April 16th, 2016 at 11:42am
bobmoon Registered says:
Thanks Jim – Pinxter it is! So the rhododendron family was right, but I wasn’t aware of this variant.
April 13th, 2016 at 8:49pm
Jim Unregistered says:
Looks like “pinxter” – native azalea.
April 13th, 2016 at 7:32pm
MrsB Green Thumb says:
It’s a native azalea. And a lovely one too.
April 13th, 2016 at 4:05pm
markodageeksmom Registered says:
Its an Azalea (same family as Rhododendron) but Azaleas bloom first then get a lighter green regular type of leaf. In the north Rhododendron is considered an evergreen as it keeps the waxy leaves all winter where Azalea is not because it drops it’s leaves.
April 13th, 2016 at 2:31pm