With flowers that light up and fill the garden with wonderful spicy aroma, the Great Balls of Fire Aromi Azalea is a rare deciduous rhododendron hybrid that produces abundant, rounded clusters of 2 inch flowers in color tones from fiery to deep orange with very long pistils and stamens. The exquisite, large, spicy-sweet scented flowers begin to open on bare branches in spring. Heat and humidity tolerance, vigor, fragrance, and unique color all come together for an absolutely stunning color display and delicious aroma in the spring garden!

Great Balls of Fire is one of many Aromi Hybrid deciduous rhododendron selections developed by Dr. Aromi. In hopes that they might be enjoyed throughout a much broader range of the US, and especially for the hot and humid climate of the South, Dr. Aromi used native species as well as hybrids in breeding to develop this heat tolerant series with the same if not improved colors, vigor, and fragrance of our native deciduous azalea species. Though the Aromi's are cross hybrids and technically not "full-blooded" North American natives, to keep things simple we list them in our Native Azalea category.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 6 to 10 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide, the Great Balls Of Fire Aromi Azalea is a ideal for use as a specimen or in groupings in partially shaded landscape borders, home foundation plants and woodland borders. Also nice in pots, planters and other containers. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, Azalea gardens, orange theme gardens, woodland gardens, native plant gardens, and cottage gardens.