Botanical Name: Common Names:
Azalea purpurea Azalea,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Dense, Rounded, Shrub Like
Description:
Densely foliaged, rounded shrub with striking deep burgundy / red year-round foliage. Single pink flowers appear as a bonus in spring. Grows to approx. 1m H. Great planted as a feature in a pot, as a dramatic mass planting or a clipped formal hedge.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
60cm-1m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
TBA Loam, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting, Topiary / Espalier, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Mites, Petal Blight
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Ericaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Red
Flower Colour: Pink
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: No
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate