Indoor plants
Azalea
Azalea
Family Ericaceae. Well-known ornamental flowering shrubs forming low-stemmed, crown-shaped plants. More than 350 species are known. They grow in India and China, in the mountain regions of the Caucasus and Siberia. Garden forms of Rhododendron Sims Rododendron simsii - the Indian azalea (or simply azalea) - are extremely diverse. Flowers are usually pink, but there are also white, yellow, red, cream and decorative bicolored forms, for example pink with a white edge on the petal margin (cultivar Inga) and white with a pink center (cultivar Osta).
Flowers can be double, single or have ruffled petals. Recently, trailing and pyramidal forms have appeared. The Japanese azalea has smaller flowers, but compared to the Indian it has the advantage that it can continue to grow as an ornamental shrub if planted outdoors after flowering.
Two species are widely used as flowering pot plants. Rhododendron Sims, or the Indian azalea, is much more common; the Japanese azalea is relatively rarer. Both are dwarf shrubs 30-50 cm high. They bloom in winter and early spring (from January to April). They begin to flower at 3-4 years of age.
Flowers can be double, single or have ruffled petals. Recently, trailing and pyramidal forms have appeared. The Japanese azalea has smaller flowers, but compared to the Indian it has the advantage that it can continue to grow as an ornamental shrub if planted outdoors after flowering.
Two species are widely used as flowering pot plants. Rhododendron Sims, or the Indian azalea, is much more common; the Japanese azalea is relatively rarer. Both are dwarf shrubs 30-50 cm high. They bloom in winter and early spring (from January to April). They begin to flower at 3-4 years of age.
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