Plant: Hardy Gardenia - Azalea
Azalea · Rhododendron 'Hardy Gardenia'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
A Linwood hybrid azalea bred by Dr. Charles Fischer for cold tolerance and double flowers, forming a slow growing, compact, mounding evergreen shrub about 3 to 4 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet wide over ten years. Pure white double blooms about 2.5 inches across, carried in a hose in hose form and often called gardenia like, cover the plant in spring with some fall rebloom, set against dense dark green foliage. It is hardy to roughly zone 6 and wants moist, well drained, acid soil and the cool, partially shaded exposure azaleas prefer. Use it in mass plantings, borders, foundation beds and containers.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 4 ft tall and 4 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A Linwood hybrid azalea bred by Dr. Charles Fischer for cold tolerance and double flowers, forming a slow growing, compact, mounding evergreen shrub about 3 to 4 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet wide over ten years. Pure white double blooms about 2.5 inches across, carried in a hose in hose form and often called gardenia like, cover the plant in spring with some fall rebloom, set against dense dark green foliage. It is hardy to roughly zone 6 and wants moist, well drained, acid soil and the cool, partially shaded exposure azaleas prefer. Use it in mass plantings, borders, foundation beds and containers.
- Flowers
- Pure white double blooms about 2.5 inches across in a hose in hose form, described as gardenia like, in spring with some fall rebloom.
- Light
- Morning Sun, Dappled/Filtered Light
- Pruning
- Prune just after flowering in spring.
