Admiral Semmes Native Azalea – Rhododendron – 3 Gallon Pot

I wanted to mention that my order of 2 native Azaleas recently arrived.
I immediately began opening the shipping carton…. I must say; good carton for I had to use a lot of force to open it.
Both plants were in excellent condition. No breakage nor any leakage of dirt from the container.
Thanks for the care in shipping and for the really excellent Azaleas, I can wait to see them prosper next to my Korean Firs.
Thanks again, I am glad I chose Wilson Bros to make my purchase and would do so again in the future.————————————————————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Glad I ordered from this company. Can’t wait until they bloom. Was a great price with pride and care to ensure successful shipping. Thank you, will order from you again!——————————————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

The plant was in excellent shape and the packaging was superb. The azalea has been in the ground a couple of weeks and is doing very well..—————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I order 5 of the confederate series azaleas. Buchanan, Semmes, Bedford, Lee, and Stuart (the 3gal). All arrived quickly and healthy. They are in the ground and very happy, these azaleas can be hard to find, esp plants bigger than a gallon. We love them. Wilson Bros is my go to nursery.———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

Plant arrived healthy and on a timely basis. He has settled in and is very happy here. Thank you!——————————So glad he’s happy! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy him for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Received plants and were packaged great, plants were in awesome shape very healthy. Got them in ground week and half ago and doing great.————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

We purchased these plants on line and they arrived in a couple of days. They were extremely well packaged with no shipping damage. The plants were healthy and looked beautiful. Unfortunately, we live on a farm and the deer mowed them down on the first night. Thats the risk we took to have these native heirlooms.. We have babied them back to health and are going to plant them in a more secure location.———————————–You might want to move them and try Milorganite, an organic fertilizer, the deer hate the smell! We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

My favorite so far.———————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Plant was even larger than expected. Arrived with a healthy set of roots and 2 weeks in is looking great!! Very excited about this new edition to my garden.————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I wanted to wait to write this review until the spring, after seeing how the plant settled in. Of course, Wilson Bros did an excellent job of packaging my plant safely. I was really impressed by how well branched the shrub was already, which is rare for online shrubs I’ve bought elsewhere. It arrived with many buds, and now they are opening. The flowers are smaller than the non-native varieties and possess their own unique beauty. There is a slight, sweet fragrance. I’m hoping the local pollinators enjoy. I’m very happy with my purchase.———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! Thanks for the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Ordered 3 native azaleas in 3gal size during their dormant season. Awesome healthy plants with significant development. Professionally packaged received with no damage. Highly recommend this company. Will be doing more business with them in the future.—————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Plant arrived safely, planted the same day and is doing well as of this date; planted in a northern exposure. packaging was excellent. No worry with plants being shipped by Wilson brothers. Have purchased 3 plants from them and all are doing very well. It is nice to have a nursery that offers plants that are not found at local stores and are suitable for your planting zone. Very pleased.————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Stock arrived safely and looked great. Soon had it planted in among some other azaleas around the front of our house. Looking forward to seeing yellow next spring! Thanks!————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

Purchased two of the native azaleas. They arrived in a reasonable time and were packed extremely well. They have been in the ground for awhile and are doing great! Really thought that the shipping would be a problem and it was not. Good strong plants as well.—————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I ordered 4 of the Admiral Semmes native azaleas, which have bright yellow blooms, to add that splash of color to my garden. They arrived within a few days and I was amazed at the size and beauty of the plants. They appear to be almost full grown plants and were in perfect condition – they were not even wilted! I ordered the 3-gallon size, and as I have ordered from other nurseries over the years, I have never received plants so large and so healthy looking. I was amazed, really! I will be ordering from this business again you can be sure! I have already had the opportunity to refer Wilson Bros. Gardens to an interested party after receiving my order which I did without hesitation.

Can’t say enough good things about this company and it’s products and delivery practices. Positively the best company I have used and will be the first company I go to for all my orders for plants!!! ——————— WBG Reply: Hi Candice! Wow…it got me emotional reading your review. Thanks so much for your praise! It makes everything we do at Wilson Bros gardens even more worth the while! Hope you enjoy your Admiral Semmes Azalea as much as we have the one in our gardens, which is in full and glorious bloom right now (3/27/2020).
Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

All the plants I ordered were healthy and well packaged. They arrived in excellent condition. This is a company that obviously takes pride in their work and I will definitely order from them again.————————————————————Hi Patty, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Admiral Semmes Native Azalea. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review!! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

I received my native azalea last week. I’m pleased with how healthy the plant is and was surprised by the large size!—————————-WBG Reply: Hi Donna, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Admiral Semmes Native Azalea. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

Almost 3 feet tall on arrival, and already has new green buds all over! It is going to be absolutely beautiful! After it’s spring bloom is done, just a careful trim to shape it, and next season, it will be GLORIOUS!———————-WBG Reply: Hi Kathy, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Admiral Semmes Native Azalea. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

It came full and full of buds. Wilson Brothers is consistently great. I highly recommend their plants.——————-WBG Reply: Hi Wanda, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Admiral Semmes Native Azalea. Thanks for the recommendation!! We are so glad you are pleased and hope you enjoy it for years to come!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

I received the item in great condition and a really nice looking plant. Thank you for your help! ———————— WBG Reply: Hi Carl – Thanks so much for your review of the Admiral Semmes Native Azalea and we hope you enjoy it for years to come. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can do for you. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

I am a fan of deciduous azaleas. The Dodd series, ‘The Confederate Series’, fascinate me. Vibrant colors, tolerant of heat etc.
Finding them has been difficult, probably all the more so given the stupid mentality of some to erase history, the civil war and what it was really about…states rights! Regardless, my plant of Admiral Semmes arrived. Carefully packed and shipped with equal concern. Beautifully grown, shaped and well-budded, it will be a welcome addition to my gardens! I highly recommend Wilson Bros Gardens and hope they can offer more cultivars from the Dodd series. ——– WBG Response: Hi Christopher – We’re also big fans of deciduous azaleas and based on your request will be looking into finding and growing some of the others in the Confederate Series. Thanks for your compliments and taking the time to provide us and future visitors to Wilson Bros Gardens with your review. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

I bought 2 Admiral Semmes and my sister bought 1. The plants arrived in great shape, very healthy, well leafed. My sister gave me hers because the leader had been cut (topped), which she didn’t like. I gave it to a neighbor. One of the two I received was topped; the other had a side branch cut off. That’s the one I’m giving her since she prefers it. Pruning is okay, but not cutting off/topping the main upright branch. Maybe put that in the description or make it an option. That will leave me the one with the cut leader, which I’m not sure I’ll keep. ———— WBG REPLY: Hi Betty – Thanks for taking the time to provide us with your review. Regarding the pruning, sometimes we selectively prune a branch here or there for shaping purposes only. We can ship in up to a 6-foot box without incurring any major extra shipping expenses so don’t prune for that purpose. Admiral Semmes Rhododendron is more of a shrub-form selection so if we see a stray branch growing way outside the natural form of the plant we’ll often prune it, but not so much that it spoils the natural shape. That said, I’ll take your suggestion and put a note on the plant page in the website mentioning that we sometimes do some selective pruning for shaping purposes. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. We’re at your service! – Brent Wilson | Wilson Bros Gardens

The plants were in excellent shape and were packaged perfectly.

Wow! The flowers are really bright yellow…and fragrant! I love them! Very happy:-)