Autumn Chiffon Encore® Azalea

The Autumn Chiffon™ Encore® Azalea is a step up even for these popular repeat-flowering evergreen azaleas. Not only does it bloom fully in spring, and then again with a brilliant fall encore, but it also continues to produce flowers throughout the summer. Grow this compact plant as a specimen in a small garden, as a mass planting in a larger one, and even as a low border or informal hedge. It will always be producing more of its open, trumpet-like flowers, which are pale pink, with intricate streaking and spotting in the throat and up onto the petals. Hardy in zones 7 to 9, it is perfect in an open woodland setting, but equally at home in full sun.

• Flowers continuously through spring, summer and fall
• Gorgeous pale-pink blossoms with rich pink patterning
• More sun-tolerant than other azaleas you have grown
• Fabulous plant for pots and containers
• Easy grown and full of beauty

The Autumn Chiffon™ Encore® Azalea can be planted in full sun, partial shade or light full-shade, so it will grow almost anywhere you need it to. It should have afternoon sun in the hottest areas, but in cooler places, with good water supply, it will grow right out in the sunshine. Like all evergreen azaleas it grows best in moist, well-drained soil that is acidic – ideally between 5.5 and 6.5 on the pH scale. To enjoy this plant even if you don’t have suitable soil, grow it in a pot or planter box, where it will thrive for years in potting soil for acid-loving plants. Feed container plants regularly with azalea fertilizer. Water thoroughly until water flows from the drainage holes, and water again once the top half-inch is dry. This vigorous and fast-growing plant is normally free of any pests or diseases.