10 Best Types of Azaleas for Your Garden
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Autumn Twist Encore Azalea
There’s a trend in azalea breeding to create varieties that bloom throughout the growing season. Autumn Twist Encore Azalea blooms in spring with two-tone pink flowers and continues to have blooms through the summer and into fall. It also features evergreen foliage. Hardy in Zones 6 through 9, it can tolerate heat and drought once it’s established. It will slowly grow to a mature height of four to five feet.
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Perfecto Mundo Double Purple Azalea
For another type of reblooming azalea, try the Perfecto Mundo series, which includes Perfecto Mundo Double Purple. Hardy in Zones 6 through 9, these will have the most bloom in spring. Then after a brief rest, they produce more blooms from summer until frost.
This is also a smaller azalea with evergreen foliage, topping out at around three feet. It would make a great accent plant in a smaller garden. It grows well in sun to part-shade.
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Southern Charm Azalea
Some people get their first look at azaleas on the second Sunday in April, when they tune in to watch the final round of the Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Beautiful azaleas are in full bloom all along the golf course.
If you want azaleas reminiscent of that tournament, plant a row along the edge of your garden. If you live in Zones 8 through 9, consider Southern Charm Azalea, Rhododendron x Southern Charm, just for the name. It will grow to be a big shrub, six to eight feet tall.
Give it some light shade, especially in the afternoon. And enjoy the blooms in spring, just as they are teeing off at Augusta.
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