Hey RB, this is one that I've had for the last four years. It is one of two planted fall of 03. The second perished the first summer because of a long August family vacation and poor siting (too dry) on my part.

Long Island z7 is probably a bit cooler than your zone 7 but it has done well perhaps tripling in size from a gallon size plant. Had a single blossom the first year, I count 30 or so buds right now. I love it. Looks good w/ my calendulaceum and other natives.

Thanks for the response, kwoods....
How would you rate the flower hue? I haven't found any images of it anywhere on the web.
Guess I will take a chance on a couple of them, since the price isn't terribly expensive, $10/3Gal size.
Rb

"How would you rate the flower hue? "

It's beautiful. I love mine and recommend them. Mine are a bit more orange than yellow with a very slightly darker orange throat. Kind of a pantone 122 if you have a color guide. I disremember when exactly they bloom but I'll take a picture and post it here for you. Hopefully you will have your own blossoming by then. That does seem like a good price... I think I paid the same for 1 gal.

I Googled 'Hotspur Yellow' and it took me to this forum, where I found that you grow it, kwoods! I hope you check into this forum and see this.
I've planted lots of native, deciduous azaleas in my woods since we moved here in '97. A few of them didn't bloom, undoubtedly because they were planted in too much shade. Since the hurricane has opened up many of them to sunlight, I'm getting blooms on azaleas/rhododendrons that were planted so long ago I can't remember what type they are. Last year an azalea bloomed for the first time, but it didn't bloom this year - I have no idea why. But another azalea made a bloom very similar if not the same this year. I think they're both 'Hotspur Yellow' - do they look like yours, kwoods?
Last years -
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And the one that's blooming right now -
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Sherry