George L. Taber Azalea
Rhododendron ‘George L. Taber’ · a pale pink Southern Indica azalea
A big Southern indica azalea that covers itself early in spring with large, orchid-like pink flowers flecked with white and deeper pink, a showy flowering hedge or specimen. It takes more sun and heat than most azaleas, plus coastal air. It needs rich, acid, moist but well-drained soil, and deer often browse it.
- Mature size
- 7 × 6 ft
- 2.1 × 1.8 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 8a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to full shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
- Blooms
- Apr
George L. Taber Azalea at its mature size
A mature George L. Taber Azalea grows 6 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 8 feet wide, taller than most people.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: plantaddicts.com, everde.com.
Through the year
What George L. Taber Azalea looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · May–Mar
Large mound of medium green elliptic leaves, no flowers.
In flower · Apr
Covered in large light orchid-pink flowers with a darker blotch.
Growing George L. Taber Azalea
- Grows well in
- The Southeast and California.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Privacy screen, hedge, specimen, and shade garden
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Garden origin (hybrid, Southern Indica group)
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For George L. Taber Azalea, that’s about 6 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See George L. Taber Azalea in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other azaleas and rhododendrons
Flame AzaleaGeorge L. Taber Azalea
Roseum Elegans Rhododendron
Rhododendron (catawba hybrids)All drawn to the same scale.