Bare is best when placing a baby to sleep in a crib. By creating the toughest crib safety standards in the world and urging parents to keep pillows, quilts, heavy blankets, and sleep positioners out of the crib, CPSC has made great strides to ensure that babies and toddlers have a safe sleep.
Dexter Estate photo. In the Philadelphia and New York City areas, our best rhododendrons bloom from mid-May to June first or even through the first week in June. We do have R. mucronulatum, and a few of its varieties and hybrids, in late March and early April, and we do have R. maximum in late June and early July.
Overview. Azaleas are considered flowering shrubs of the rhododendron family. Azalea flowers bloom in the spring, but die back in the fall. Flower colors include white, orange, red and purple. These shrubs grow from 2 and 8 feet in height. Azalea bushes grow best in USDA hardiness zones 5 through 8b.