Rhododendron calendulaceum is found in the wild in the Appalachian Mountains, in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, usually in open dry woods on south and west hillsides from 600' to 3500', in USDA zones 5b to 8b. It was named in 1795, is not fragrant, and blooms yellow to orange to red, in late May to July before or as the leaves expand.

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