COMMON NAME Formosa Azalea |
BOTANICAL NAME Azalea indica ‘Formosa’ |
HEIGHT 6′ |
WIDTH 6′ |
MONOECIOUS |
EVERGREEN |
LIFESPAN 40 to 50 years |
COLD TOLERANCE 10° F |
SOIL TYPE Moist, acidic |
DROUGHT TOLERANCE No |
SALT TOLERANCE No |
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS Full sun to part shade Minimum 4 hours of direct sun |
FERTILIZING Use well-balanced, slow release, granular azalea/camellia fertilizer as instructed on the packaging. Avoid getting fertilizer on the leaves. Water before and after applying fertilizer. |
FLOWER Showy, lavender-pink/ magenta blooms with ruffled petals and long stamens. |
MONTH OF COLOR Spring |
FRUIT Long, brown, 1/2″ to 1″. Inedible. |
COMMENTS Beautiful, magenta blooms in the Spring attract pollinators to your garden. Irrigate with some shade for best results. Takes 2 or more years from seedling for the plant to produce flowers. Very vigorous, quite hardy, sun tolerant variety of azalea. |
PRICE 30 gallon $150, 7 gallon $25, 3 gallon $13 |