Here's a site with some of the most commonly planted Southern Indica azaleas. There are hundreds of other evergreen azaleas that do well in your area, though....thousands! The link below describes the main groups, all of which do well in your part of the country, given the proper location.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-629.html
Evergreen Azalea groups

Here is a link that might be useful: Southern Indica Azaleas

PeaBee,
Did you Google using "southern azaleas"? All your questions will be quickly answered if you do that. In the meantime, any azaleas sold in your local garden centers including the box stores will thrive in your climate. They all carry the southern azaleas, usually of the indica variety. Just select healthy plants and you should be on your way to plenty of spring color.

The box stores have plenty, but this time of year, they aren't blooming and I want to know what colors I am getting. Not all pinks go together. Nothing is worse than a lavender pink right next to a salmon pink.

Nor am I happy with their labelings. I always thought that Formosa was a magenta Indica. However, I see White Formosa, and Red Formosa. Am I wrong? I have also seen one labeled "Kurume Indica" That isn't helpful!

Thanks rhiso, those pictures are just what I needed. I found an ID for one I was searching for right away.

The types of azaleas that do best in the Coastal South are indisputedly the Indicas. However, I saw on the link that "Pride of Mobile" wasn't on there and I had always assumed it to be an Indica as well? At any rate, Pride of Mobile has a wonderful color and is well suited to our sandy, acidic soils with long summers and short winters.

Hi W.I. Isn't "Pride of Mobile" a red? I had forgotten that name too.

I think that the one I was trying to ID was "Duc du Rohan" I don't recall ever seeing that one in the stores, but I a going to look. I want to mix it with some of the whites that I already have.
PB

PB

Yep its a purplish red. I hadn't heard of the cultivar you are seeking either...but good luck. It looks wonderful.

I had not heard of or seen Duc de Rohan either, perhaps it is more common in the South Central region??? However, it looks very much like the Pride of Summerville which should be readily available along the coast.

Beware of the big box labels. I bought six G.G. Gerbings at HD in Sav. last year and when they bloomed four of them were Formosas.

Does anyone know if the camellia nursery in Savannah (Gene's ?) carries azaleas?

You might want to consult a nursery that specializes in azaleas instead of the big box.

Yes, there is a Red Formosa. It's almost a burgundy.
Not sure about a white formosa, but George Tabor is a sport of Formosa -- palest pink with a darker blotch. Lovely. My MIL always said Pride of Mobile was harder to grow. She had Judge Solomon, a lovely clear pink indica and Formosa which is more purplish and George Tabor.

Here are three of my favorites: the white was bought as 'Delaware White' -- I suspect that it's really something else. (Mrs. G. G. Gerbing is the white indica that is seen frequently around here, H.H. Hume is popular too; this could be Hume.) The darker pink is 'Pink Ruffles' and the lighter pink is 'Pink Pearl.' I like the hose in hose cultivars with the smaller blooms. They don't grow as big as a bus the way the Indicas do, but they're lovely.

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