Plant: Autumn Twist - Azalea
Azalea · Rhododendron 'Autumn Twist'
Size: 3 gal
Light
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Mature size
More about this plant
An upright, full and densely branched Encore azalea about 4.5 feet tall by 4 feet wide that grows fast and keeps a tidy outline. The single flowers are about 3 inches across, white brushed and striped with purple, with the occasional solid purple bloom for contrast, and they come in generous clusters in a heavy spring flush with reliable repeats through summer and fall over dark green glossy evergreen leaves. Give it 4 to 6 hours of direct sun, best as morning sun with afternoon shade in hotter or reflective sites, and acid soil around pH 5 to 6 that is well drained and evenly moist. Plant slightly high, mulch 2 to 3 inches, feed in early spring and prune after the spring flowering.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 4.5 ft tall and 4 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6a-10b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
An upright, full and densely branched Encore azalea about 4.5 feet tall by 4 feet wide that grows fast and keeps a tidy outline. The single flowers are about 3 inches across, white brushed and striped with purple, with the occasional solid purple bloom for contrast, and they come in generous clusters in a heavy spring flush with reliable repeats through summer and fall over dark green glossy evergreen leaves. Give it 4 to 6 hours of direct sun, best as morning sun with afternoon shade in hotter or reflective sites, and acid soil around pH 5 to 6 that is well drained and evenly moist. Plant slightly high, mulch 2 to 3 inches, feed in early spring and prune after the spring flowering.
- Flowers
- Single blooms about 3 inches across, white petals brushed and striped with purple, with occasional solid purple flowers, borne in generous clusters.
- Foliage
- Dark green, glossy evergreen leaves.
- Light
- Morning Sun
- Pruning
- Prune immediately after the spring flowering flush; pruning later removes the buds that carry the summer and fall bloom cycles.
