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Family: Ericaceae (Heath family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
March - May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
September - October
Pink Azalea is one of our early blooming pink to white deciduous azaleas. It prefers mesic to dry acidic forests, seepages, and stream banks. Once fully emerged, the underside of Pink Azalea's leaves are mostly without pubescent undersides (except along their midrib and major veins), unlike the similar Early Azalea (Rhododendron prinophyllum) which has leaves that are densely and softly pubescent underneath.
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16 May 2012
Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA 
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8 May 2013
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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10 May 2014
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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10 May 2014
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA 
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29 April 2016
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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29 April 2016
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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