Thirty years ago I made the acquaintance of a lovely plant, looked it up and found it was rhododendron luteum. A few years ago when I wanted to buy one, I found the growers all list it as azalea luteum. What's the difference?
I don't understand the proper difference josusa. I do know that all azaleas are part of the rhododendron family.
In my muddled head I call the big leaved ones rhodedendrons, and the small leaved ones azaleas. Be aware, there is no scientific basis to my thoughts, it's just how I personally differentiate between the two.
I'm interested to see if one of the cleverer members can explain it to us. 😊
An azalea is a rhododendron.. but a rhododendron is not necessarily an azalea. A square is a rectangle.. but a rectangle is not necessarily a square, and sometimes a rectangle is just a rectangle. Or something along those lines. Azalea is a group within the rhododendron umbrella.
On one of the gardening programmes in the past week it was stated that Rhodo's and Azaleas are 'the same thing'. I can't remember whether it was GW or Beechgrove.
A nice informative link. Thanks Jules 😊. I think I may have evergreen azaleas going off the description given. I'm going out to check my stamens now 🔍.
anything small seems to be classed (rightly or wrongly) as Azalea and similarly the small ones tend to have the wonderful fragrance, whereas i don't recall ever smelling much from larger ( 2m+) specimens.
anything small seems to be classed (rightly or wrongly) as Azalea and similarly the small ones tend to have the wonderful fragrance, whereas i don't recall ever smelling much from larger ( 2m+) specimens.
My luteum is about 2m and smells divine. I have a couple of small azalea (John Cairns) with no scent at all.
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I do know that all azaleas are part of the rhododendron family.
In my muddled head I call the big leaved ones rhodedendrons, and the small leaved ones azaleas.
Be aware, there is no scientific basis to my thoughts, it's just how I personally differentiate between the two.
I'm interested to see if one of the cleverer members can explain it to us. 😊
https://www.rhododendrons.co.uk/Page/64/rhododendron-and-azalea-groups.aspx
I think I may have evergreen azaleas going off the description given. I'm going out to check my stamens now 🔍.