Red Tiara Deja Bloom Azalea

Rhododendron hybrid ‘Red Tiara’ PP25728

Plant Details

USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 3.5′

Width at Maturity: 3.5′

Spacing: 3′ for solid hedges; 7’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Dense, Mounding, Upright

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Bright Red

Flower Size: Medium, 2.5″

Flowering Period: Spring, Summer, Fall

Flower Type: Single

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Sun Needs: Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Full Sun in cooler climates

Water Needs: Average, Lower when established

Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sandy (amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist

Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Low, Average

Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer Resistance (the deer rarely touch ours), Drought (when well established), Clay Soil (heavy clay should be amended), Heat, Humidity, Sun

Description

You may have thought that you have seen an Azalea this red, but it’s just deja vu! Known to keep it’s bright red color through the blooming cycles, the Red Tiara Deja Bloom Azalea will leave you and visitors catching yourselves taking a second look as it blooms again and again through spring, summer, and fall! Perfect for a focal specimen in any landscape or in groupings to make a beautiful and repeat blooming evergreen hedge. It grows fast to 3.5 ft mature height and blooms repeatedly-This plant deserves to be crowned queen of the Azaleas…with a Red Tiara!

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing to 3.5 feet tall and equally as wide, the Red Tiara Deja Bloom Azalea is a perfect choice as a specimen in smaller garden spaces or in groupings or as a colorful hedge or border. It is also a fine selection for growing in large containers and pots, which can be strategically placed to dress up decks, patios, porches, and other outdoor living spaces. A fine addition to partially shaded woodland borders, pink theme gardens, cottage gardens, Asian gardens and Azalea gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 3 feet apart for solid hedges; 7 feet or more apart for space between plants

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Azalea variety is not winter hardy outdoors, you can enjoy it in containers that can be moved indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

Soil: When planted in the ground, Deja Bloom Azaleas adapt well to most soil types. In general, like all other azaleas, they prefer an organically rich, moist but well-drained acidic soil. Constantly soggy or wet soil is problematic for azaleas. Heavy clay, quick-draining sand, or otherwise poor soils are best amended with organic matter or other soil amendments to provide sufficient nutrients, better soil drainage, and/or moisture retention.

In containers, a 50/50 blend of professional potting mix and potting soil is suggested. Make sure the pot has a hole(s) in the bottom that allow for sufficient drainage. As mentioned above, Azaleas do not like a constantly soggy soil.

Sun Preferences: Red Tiara Deja Bloom Azaleas will grow in sun or part shade. For best flowering and reblooming, we recommend at least 4 hours or more of direct sunlight per day. All-day lightly filtered sun, such as under tall trees, is okay. In regions that experience very hot summers with intense sunlight, Encore Azaleas might appreciate a break from direct sun during the mid afternoon hours.

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