Plant: Autumn Rouge - Azalea
Azalea · Rhododendron 'Autumn Rouge'
Size: 3 gal
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Mature size
More about this plant
An upright, full and well branched Encore azalea about 4 feet tall by 4.5 feet wide, a good size for hedging and layered borders. Deep pink ruffled semi-double blooms roughly 2 inches across carry saturated color in a heavy spring flush, with reliable encore flushes through the warm weather into autumn, over dense dark green evergreen foliage. Give it 4 to 6 hours of direct sun, with morning sun and afternoon shade ideal in hotter or reflective sites, and acid soil that is well drained and evenly moist; amend heavy or alkaline soils with organic matter and a soil acidifier if needed. Mulch 2 to 3 inches and prune immediately after the spring flowering.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 4 ft tall and 4.5 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6b-10b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
An upright, full and well branched Encore azalea about 4 feet tall by 4.5 feet wide, a good size for hedging and layered borders. Deep pink ruffled semi-double blooms roughly 2 inches across carry saturated color in a heavy spring flush, with reliable encore flushes through the warm weather into autumn, over dense dark green evergreen foliage. Give it 4 to 6 hours of direct sun, with morning sun and afternoon shade ideal in hotter or reflective sites, and acid soil that is well drained and evenly moist; amend heavy or alkaline soils with organic matter and a soil acidifier if needed. Mulch 2 to 3 inches and prune immediately after the spring flowering.
- Flowers
- Deep pink ruffled semi-double blooms about 2 inches across with saturated petals.
- Foliage
- Dense dark green evergreen foliage giving year round texture and contrast.
- Light
- Morning Sun
- Pruning
- Prune immediately after the spring flowering flush; pruning later removes the buds that carry the summer and fall bloom cycles.
