When you understand which strain of honeysuckle is invasive, you will know the best plant to befriend.
But it isn’t honeysuckle, and that’s a very good thing.
Is Honeysuckle Invasive?
Piedmont Azalea.Credit: Steve Bender
Flowers range in color from pink to rose or white and exude a spicy, sweet scent.
It’s adapted to USDA Zones 5 to 9.
Ours bloomed pink, but white and lavender forms occur.
Pinxterbloom azalea.Credit: Getty Images
you’re able to grow it in USDA Zones 4 to 8.
Sweet azalea yields fragrant white flowers with prominent red pistils in late spring to early summer.
It ranges in size from 4-10 tall and develops attractive glossy green foliage in summer.
Pinxterbloom azalea.Credit: Getty Images
In autumn the foliage of sweet azalea develops stunning shades of yellow, bronze, orange and red.
How To Source Native Azalea
Where can you get a native azalea?
I don’t recommend digging one up from the wild.
You’ll probably end up killing it and, besides, it isn’t yours.
Independent garden centers that carry a wide variety of native plants are your best bet.
Plant sales at botanical gardens are another useful source.
That’s where mine came from.
you could also find them for sale online at places likeNearly Native Nurseryin Fayetteville, Georgia.
They ship plants from October 1 to April 30, so the time to act is now.
