Tallulah Sunrise Native Azalea (Rhododendron) – 7 Gallon Pot

A rare and hard to find new introduction, and our top seller among all the native azaleas we grow, meet Tallulah Sunrise…she’s sure to be a big hit with gardeners that love Native Azaleas. In spring, abundant clusters of red buds open to bright peachy orange flowers highlighted with gold tones – unlike any other we’ve seen! The flowers produce a delightful honeysuckle-like fragrance that fills the garden with sweet aroma. Very lustrous dark green leaves turn orange-bronze in fall. The handsome leaves are exceptionally mildew free.

Growing 6 to 8 feet in height and 5 to 6 feet wide, the Tallulah Sunrise Native Azalea is ideal for use as a specimen or grouping in woodland gardens and borders and shady flowering shrub borders. As she grows taller lower branches can be removed to form an attractive small focal point specimen tree in garden beds or pots, planters and other containers. A fine addition to Azalea and Rhododendron gardens, orange or golden theme gardens, fragrance gardens, shade and woodland gardens and cottage gardens.

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a, where this native azalea variety is not winter hardy, you can enjoy it in containers that can be moved indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Tallulah Sunrise Native Azalea is very easy to grow in a moist but well-drained humus rich soil and dappled shade or morning sun with afternoon shade. Native azaleas are very low-maintenance plants that require little if any pruning. When established, plant are quite drought tolerant, requiring supplemental water only during prolonged periods of dry summer weather.