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| 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 |