Editing Azalea (section)

==Azalea festivals==
[[File:AzaleaFestivalNezuJinja.jpg|thumb|right|Azalea Festival at [[Nezu Shrine]]]]

===Japan===
[[Motoyama, Kōchi]] has a flower festival in which the blooming of Tsutsuji is celebrated. [[Tatebayashi, Gunma]] is famous for its Azalea Hill Park, Tsutsuji-ga-oka. 
[[Nezu Shrine]] in [[Bunkyo, Tokyo]], holds a Tsutsuji Matsuri from early April until early May.
Higashi Village has hosted an azalea festival each year since 1976.  The village's 50,000 azalea plants draw an estimated 60,000 to 80,000 visitors each year.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

===Korea===
[[File:Azalea(2014).JPG|thumb|upright|[[Korea]]]]
[[Sobaeksan]], one of the 12 well-known [[Sobaek Mountains]], lying on the border between [[Chungbuk]] Province and [[Gyeongbuk]] has a royal azalea (''[[Rhododendron schlippenbachii]]'') festival held on May every year. Sobaeksan has an azalea colony dotted around Biro mountaintop, Gukmang and Yonwha early in May. When royal azaleas have turned pink in the end of May, it looks like Sobaeksan wears a pink [[Jeogori]] (Korean traditional jacket).<ref>Department of Culture & Tourism, Danyang-gun County Office</ref>

===Hong Kong===
The Ma On Shan Azalea Festival is held in [[Ma On Shan (town)|Ma On Shan]], where six native species (''[[Rhododendron championae]]'', ''[[Rhododendron farrerae]]'', ''[[Rhododendron hongkongense]]'', ''[[Rhododendron moulmainense]]'', ''[[Rhododendron simiarum]]'' and ''[[Rhododendron simsii]]'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkherbarium.net/Herbarium/PDF/Leaflet%2013_LR.pdf|title=Native Azaleas in Hong Kong|access-date=2014-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123175513/http://www.hkherbarium.net/Herbarium/PDF/Leaflet%2013_LR.pdf|archive-date=2007-01-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>) are found in the area. The festival has been held since 2004; it includes activities such as exhibitions, photo contests and carnivals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mos.hk/azalea/index.html|title=Ma On Shan Azalea}}</ref>

===United States===
[[File:Azalea, a member of the genus Rhododendron.jpg|frameless|right|alt=Flowers]]
Many cities in the United States have festivals in the spring celebrating the blooms of the azalea, including [[Summerville, South Carolina]]; [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton, New Jersey]]; [[Mobile, Alabama]]; [[Jasper, Texas]]; [[Tyler, Texas]]; [[Norfolk, Virginia]];<ref>[http://www.azaleafestival.org/ Norfolk NATO Azalea Festival Website]</ref> [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] ([[North Carolina Azalea Festival]]);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncazaleafestival.org/|title=North Carolina Azalea Festival - A Scene to be Seen!|website=North Carolina Azalea Festival|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> [[Valdosta, Georgia]];<ref>[http://www.azaleafestival.com/ Valdosta, Georgia, Azalea Festival Website]</ref> [[Palatka, Florida]] ([[Florida Azalea Festival]]);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flazaleafest.com/|title=FLAZALEAFEST.COM|website=www.flazaleafest.com|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> [[Pickens, South Carolina]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pickensazaleafestival.com/|title=Pickens Azalea Festival|website=www.pickensazaleafestival.com|access-date=16 Apr 2023}}</ref> [[Muskogee, Oklahoma]]; [[Brookings, Oregon]]; and [[Nixa, Missouri]].

The Azalea Trail is a designated path, planted with azaleas in private gardens, through [[Mobile, Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofmobile.org/mapsnfacts/map_azaleatrail.php|title=City of Mobile, Azalea Trail Maps}}</ref> The [[Azalea Trail Run]] is an annual road running event held there in late March. Mobile, Alabama is also home to the [[Azalea Trail Maids]], fifty women chosen to serve as ambassadors of the city while wearing [[Antebellum era|antebellum]] dresses, who originally participated in a three-day festival, but now operate throughout the year.{{citation needed|date = May 2016}}

The Azalea Society of America designated Houston, Texas, an "azalea city".{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} The River Oaks Garden Club has conducted the Houston Azalea Trail every spring since 1935.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

Valdosta, Georgia is called the Azalea City, as the plant grows in profusion there. The city hosts an annual Azalea Festival in March.