The list below includes some of the most popular groups and varieties we love.
All parts of azaleas are toxic to humans and pets if ingested.
They like east- and north-facing locations, as too much sun can burn their leaves.
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They have shallow roots so they can dry out easily.
Water the leaves and root area, but dont let the soil stay soggy.
Plants grown in greenhouses can be forced for winter bloom.
Read on for evergreen azaleas to add to your garden.
In 2016, the Mobile Botanical Gardens opened an area in their azalea collection dedicated to Aromi’s hybrids.
Belgian Indica Hybrids
These hybrids were originally developed for greenhouse forcing.
Where winter lows don’t dip below 20F, many of them serve well aslandscape plants.
When Yerkes retired, Pryor continued azalea breeding at the USDA Plant Introduction Station in Glenn Dale, Maryland.
Unlike other azaleas, they can take full sun.
The offspring boasts blooms in springtime and then an encore in late summer and fall.
“It really is incredible how long they bloom.
“They often bloom until the first frost in the South,” he says.
It offers all of the color and pizzazz of a flowering shrub at a manageable size and upkeep.
A flowering shrub of the people!
They bloom heavily in midseason.
Girard Hybrids
The Girard hybrids are handsome-foliaged plants bred for extra cold hardiness.
They originated from Gable crosses and many of the Girard azaleas have vibrant fall foliage.
These hybrids have a range of characteristics.
Their ability to stand up to our humid summers has made them popular in the South.
The ‘Pink Cascade’one of his earliest hybridsis much loved for itsbeautiful cascading form.
Kaempferi Hybrids
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They will lose nearly all their leaves below 0F.
Plants have a mounded or tiered form and look handsome even out of bloom.
They are widely used in foundation plantingsto the point of cliche.
Of the many available selections, the ones below are among the most widely sold.
North Tisbury Hybrids
Most of these hybrids reflect the characteristics of a common prostrate-growing ancestor,R.
nakaharai, which has low-growing branches that hug the ground rather than extending upward.
Most are 3-4 feet tall and wide; some are shorter or taller.
They are known to bloom for two to three months, in fall as well as spring.
Satsuki Hybrids
This group includes azaleas sometimes referred to as ‘Gumpo’ and ‘Macrantha’ hybrids.
Hardy to 5F, these low-growing plants can makenice ground covers.
They bloom late, bearing large flowers in tight-growing mounds of late-spring color.
They generally grow faster, more vigorously, and taller than other kinds of evergreen azaleas.
Flowers are large, usually 23 inches across.
They are used for massing and as specimensas shrubs, standards, and espaliers.
They lose their leaves in winter and are often called wild honeysuckle because of their sweet fragrance.
Plant evergreen azaleas in east- or north-facing beds.
In areas where the soil is alkaline,amend the soilor plant azaleas in raised beds.
In colder climates, evergreen azaleas may drop their leaves in winter.
They grow two sets of leaves, during spring and summer.
Those leaves drop in fall and winter.
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