Colorful , evergreen shrubs and bushes that are popular in the Dixieland , azaleas ( Rhododendron ) offer former vividness in many sizes and shapes . These gentle - to - care - for plants thrive in partial shadowiness with restrained water , making them similar to their more stale - hardy cousins in the Ericaceae family , including rhododendron , muckle laurel and blueberries . Most plants in this family favor acidic soil and are evergreen .

Rhododendron

This gargantuan radical of plants has about 800 species and more than 10,000 named varieties , according to the " 1997 Sunset National Garden Book . " Rhododendron , which are hardy and often maturate in northerly nation , bloom in mid - leap through the summer . variety are useable in a rainbow of colour , including ashen , Battle of Magenta , red and lilac blue . Rhododendron require more air in the root zona and soil should be fast - draining but retain wet . Rhododendrons thrive in shade . Ironclad hybrids , including ' President Lincoln , ' can survive to -25 degrees F while ' Cheer ' and ' Holden ' are among the motley that will permit hot summers .

Mountain Laurel

Mountain laurel ( Kalmia latifolia ) is a more elegant version of the azalea or rhododendron that has cup - shaped blooms with five hotshot - comparable points around the flange . An evergreen bush that thrives in full sun or fond shade , peck Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel is native to the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. Also bed as calico bush , hatful laurel is a dull cultivator that can reach 8 feet with glossy , oval leaf . wad laurel blooms in former natural spring and has little pink flower in clusters that are about 5 inches across . The ' Bay State ' change has coral - colored flower , while ' Pinwheel ' has bi - color blooms in flushed and whitened .

Huckleberry

Evergreen huckleberry ( Vaccinium ovatum ) is native to the Pacific slide and mature best in the shade . If plant in the shade , these shrubs can strive 10 feet , but will stop at about 3 feet in sunny areas . Huckleberry has leathery , colored green leave and white or pinkish flush that bloom in spring . The fruit , which is a black berry , is pop in baking and canning . Huckleberry industrial plant are erect , making them beneficial hedge industrial plant , but they may also be grow in pots .

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