Rhododendron occidentale (Western Azalea) Supports Mammals Bark is gray to reddish-brown

Bark is gray to reddish-brown

White or pale pink

sometimes visible

Fruit is intensely bitter

rapidly-draining soil

Rhododendron occidentale (Western Azalea) Supports Mammals Bark is gray to reddish-brownPlant Description: A small to medium sized shrub with many slender branches and a beautiful, lacey silhouette. Glossy green leaves are oblong with entire leaf margins. Western azalea is deciduous and, in the autumn, leaves turn yellow, scarlet, or crimson before dropping. White or pale pink, extremely fragrant flowers grow in corymbs (clusters) of 5 20 and have five showy petals with the uppermost splashed with orange on the inside, signaling