I am fairly new to gardening and am unsure what this plant is. It has just finished flowering, I took this photo a few weeks ago. I would really love to know what it is. Thank you.
It's the same shape as Rhod. 'Pink Pancake' but the leaves are entirely different. I'm never sure if azaleas are a certain type of rhododendron. It's lovely whatever it is.
Azaleas and Rhododendrons are very closely related. Both prefer acid soils and the flowers are strikingly similar yarrow2. Both genera have their centers of origin in central Asia and the Far East.
Thank you for your replies. It is a lovely plant doing really well even in a shady spot. I am going to do some more research now you have narrowed it down for me and I will try to find the exact variety
Glad you likely have your identification Biology Geek.
Thanks Hippophae for the azalea/rhod connection. I have a shockingly bright red small azalea in a tiny pavement front garden - a couple of foot high, very young. Sadly, whilst it blooms beautifully in the spring - I made a whim choice when buying it and the colour in hard. However, I will be keeping it there as for some reason the larger back garden soil seems to have changed over the past couple of years and has become more alkaline and it wouldn't do well there. My pieris 'Forest Flame' were wonderful but are obviously beginning to dislike the soil now. Not sure why the PH has changed. With the weather variations and other garden 'mysteries' - I'm finding I'm moving a lot of plants the last couple of years - just when I thought the garden would be settled at last! As if!
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Looks like an Azalea BG
It looks like a Azalia
It's the same shape as Rhod. 'Pink Pancake' but the leaves are entirely different. I'm never sure if azaleas are a certain type of rhododendron. It's lovely whatever it is.
Azaleas and Rhododendrons are very closely related. Both prefer acid soils and the flowers are strikingly similar yarrow2. Both genera have their centers of origin in central Asia and the Far East.
Good luck!
Glad you likely have your identification Biology Geek.
Thanks Hippophae for the azalea/rhod connection. I have a shockingly bright red small azalea in a tiny pavement front garden - a couple of foot high, very young. Sadly, whilst it blooms beautifully in the spring - I made a whim choice when buying it and the colour in hard. However, I will be keeping it there as for some reason the larger back garden soil seems to have changed over the past couple of years and has become more alkaline and it wouldn't do well there. My pieris 'Forest Flame' were wonderful but are obviously beginning to dislike the soil now. Not sure why the PH has changed. With the weather variations and other garden 'mysteries' - I'm finding I'm moving a lot of plants the last couple of years - just when I thought the garden would be settled at last! As if!