Rhododendron occidentale (Western Azalea) Supports Mammals Its berry-like fruit ripens from

Its berry-like fruit ripens from white to pale blue

This is an excellent plant for food forests

rapidly-draining soil

Fruit is intensely bitter

Rhododendron occidentale (Western Azalea) Supports Mammals Its berry-like fruit ripens fromPlant 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