Plant: Autumn Embers - Azalea
Azalea · Rhododendron 'Autumn Embers'
Size: 3 gal
Light
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Mature size
More about this plant
A dwarf Encore azalea with a dense, rounded, well branched form about 3 feet tall and 3.5 feet wide, carrying deep orange red semi-double blooms roughly 2.5 inches across whose layered petals add depth. A big spring show is followed by repeat flushes through summer into autumn, over dark green glossy evergreen foliage. Give it 4 to 6 hours of direct sun, with morning sun and afternoon shade preferred in hotter climates, and acid soil that is well drained and consistently moist; amend dense or alkaline soils with organic matter and a soil acidifier. Mulch 2 to 3 inches and prune after spring flowering.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 3 ft tall and 3.5 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6b-10b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A dwarf Encore azalea with a dense, rounded, well branched form about 3 feet tall and 3.5 feet wide, carrying deep orange red semi-double blooms roughly 2.5 inches across whose layered petals add depth. A big spring show is followed by repeat flushes through summer into autumn, over dark green glossy evergreen foliage. Give it 4 to 6 hours of direct sun, with morning sun and afternoon shade preferred in hotter climates, and acid soil that is well drained and consistently moist; amend dense or alkaline soils with organic matter and a soil acidifier. Mulch 2 to 3 inches and prune after spring flowering.
- Flowers
- Deep orange red semi-double blooms about 2.5 inches across with layered petals.
- Foliage
- Dark green, glossy evergreen leaves that hold year round.
- Light
- Morning Sun
- Pruning
- Prune immediately after the spring flowering flush; pruning later removes the buds that carry the summer and fall bloom cycles.
