Swamp Azalea

The most aromatic of the azaleas. That last of the azaleas to bloom--in Florida May to June. Flowers are sticky--hence the name R. viscosum.



Specimen plant for moist shady areas. Shady rain gardens.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Attracts  hummingbirds.

Moist-wet sites. Seep swamps, pineland-wetland ecotones, edges of bay swamps, moist woods.

• Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
• Attracts pollinators especially bumble bees.
• Attracts butterflies.