it’s the Southern Indica azalea — one of the AgCenter’s 2025 Super Plant picks. This general group of plants is sometimes referred to as Southern Indian hybrids. George L. Taber azaleas are ...

Azaleas are ubiquitous in the South and seem to have loved the cold weather this past winter. The evergreen varieties were ...

are Southern signature plants in South Carolina landscapes. Evergreen azalea hybrids that grow well here include Southern Indica, Kurume and Encore. Deciduous native azaleas are also excellent ...

Bees like it. Southern indica azaleas include three varieties. These evergreen shrubs grow 6 to 8 feet tall. Plant Formosa azaleas more than 3 feet apart, he said. They bloom for about two weeks.

With thousands of varieties available ... Not much later, in the 1830s, Azalea indica (Southern indicas) arrived in the United States and were planted at a plantation near Charleston, South ...

By  Katie NicholsRegional Extension AgentBirds are chirping, grass is growing, pollen is floating on the breeze and azaleas ...

Select azaleas that are best suited or our growing conditions. Ones that appear to grow best are of the Southern Indian types including varieties Formosa, George L. Taber and Mrs. G. G.

Azaleas are ubiquitous in the South and seem to have loved the cold weather this past winter. The evergreen varieties were introduced from Asia. Indica, Kurume, Gumpo and Formosa varieties of ...