Plant: Autumn Fire - Azalea
Azalea · Rhododendron 'Autumn Fire'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A compact, dense and rounded Encore azalea about 2.5 feet high and 3 feet wide, carrying rich true red semidouble velvety blooms roughly 2.5 inches across freckled in darker red. It flowers in spring and repeats through summer into fall, and the glossy dark green foliage deepens to a saturated purple bronze in winter. Give it 4 to 6 hours of direct sun, with morning sun and afternoon shade ideal, in acid soil that is well drained and evenly moist, watering deeply in heat or drought. Set the root ball slightly high, mulch 2 to 3 inches, feed in early spring with a slow release acid forming fertilizer and prune after the spring bloom.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 2.5 ft tall and 3 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6a-10b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A compact, dense and rounded Encore azalea about 2.5 feet high and 3 feet wide, carrying rich true red semidouble velvety blooms roughly 2.5 inches across freckled in darker red. It flowers in spring and repeats through summer into fall, and the glossy dark green foliage deepens to a saturated purple bronze in winter. Give it 4 to 6 hours of direct sun, with morning sun and afternoon shade ideal, in acid soil that is well drained and evenly moist, watering deeply in heat or drought. Set the root ball slightly high, mulch 2 to 3 inches, feed in early spring with a slow release acid forming fertilizer and prune after the spring bloom.
- Flowers
- Rich true red semidouble velvety blooms about 2.5 inches across with dark red freckles.
- Foliage
- Glossy dark green foliage that deepens to a saturated purple bronze in winter.
- Light
- Morning Sun
- Pruning
- Prune immediately after the spring flowering flush; pruning later removes the buds that carry the summer and fall bloom cycles.
