Plant: Dorothy Rees - Azalea
Azalea · Rhododendron 'Dorothy Rees'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A Robin Hill hybrid azalea from Gartrell that makes a low, dense, rounded shrub with stiff branching, reaching about 2 to 3 feet high and wide in ten years. The evergreen leaves are glossy moderate olive green and hold for two years. Midseason flowers are white with a greenish white throat, widely funnel shaped, of heavy substance and about 3.5 inches across with overlapping wavy lobes. Cold hardy to about 10 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, it wants the acid, well drained, organic soil and the morning sun with afternoon shade that azaleas generally require.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 3 ft tall and 3 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-8
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A Robin Hill hybrid azalea from Gartrell that makes a low, dense, rounded shrub with stiff branching, reaching about 2 to 3 feet high and wide in ten years. The evergreen leaves are glossy moderate olive green and hold for two years. Midseason flowers are white with a greenish white throat, widely funnel shaped, of heavy substance and about 3.5 inches across with overlapping wavy lobes. Cold hardy to about 10 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, it wants the acid, well drained, organic soil and the morning sun with afternoon shade that azaleas generally require.
- Flowers
- Flowers of heavy substance, widely funnel shaped and about 3.5 inches across, with overlapping wavy lobes, white with a greenish white throat, carried one or two to a truss and without fragrance.
- Foliage
- Glossy, moderate olive green leaves that persist for two years.
- Light
- Morning Sun
