A GARDEN CENTERPIECE IN BLUSHED PINK TRUMPET BLOOMS
FEATURES:
- Bright green foliage turns burgundy in fall
- Fragrant double blooms cover the plant in early spring
- Attracts pollinators and hummingbirds
- Use in foundation plantings or mass multiple plants in swaths in larger landscape
- Developed at the University of Minnesota so they are extra hardy
- Hand selected fresh from the Grower
- Ships in a plant-safe designed box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-7
- Mature Height: 6-7' tall
- Mature Width: 4-5' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 4-5' apart
Electric Lights™ Double Pink Exbury Azalea
Bower & Branch Trees and Plants
Azalea x 'Umnaz 493' (Exbury hybrid) PP26,600
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A GARDEN CENTERPIECE IN BLUSHED PINK TRUMPET BLOOMS
FEATURES:
- Bright green foliage turns burgundy in fall
- Fragrant double blooms cover the plant in early spring
- Attracts pollinators and hummingbirds
- Use in foundation plantings or mass multiple plants in swaths in larger landscape
- Developed at the University of Minnesota so they are extra hardy
- Hand selected fresh from the Grower
- Ships in a plant-safe designed box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-7
- Mature Height: 6-7' tall
- Mature Width: 4-5' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 4-5' apart
Why plant Electric Lights™ Double Pink Exbury Azalea?
Beautiful double pink with blooms that are described as outrageous, gorgeous and fantastic. Unfurling in spring, the big, ruffled blossoms cover the branches. The soft pink glow is just the thing to wake up your mixed borders, patio plantings, or woodland edges. Be careful about planting it in your front yard—a traffic jam may ensue when passerby's get a glimpse of this color!
Deciduous Azaleas are the showboats of spring, decadent Accents that offer delightful, funnel-shaped flowers in a rainbow of colors. Many of these are hybrid selections, carefully bred from among several different species from Asia and America. Electric Lights is one of the newest deciduous azaleas to be introduced to the gardening world. But wait, there’s more! Many Deciduous Azaleas supply not only sensational spring flowers but also striking fall color. When nights turn frosty, this star takes the stage again, putting on a brilliant show of burgundy foliage.
How to use Electric Lights™ Double Pink Exbury Azalea in the landscape?
This gorgeous shrub makes a perfect centerpiece for any garden bed, be it a mounded island bed or a bed lining the sunny side of your home. It is a nice backdrop plant in a cottage garden and can be used as a hedge or to line a sidewalk.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 4-7
How To Plant Electric Lights™ Double Pink Exbury Azalea
Good drainage is essential when growing Azaleas or the plant may fall prey to root rot diseases. This is a shallow-rooting plant, so mulch well to keep the root zone cool and moist (but not wet). Azaleas like a soil that is high in organic matter and low in pH so thoroughly incorporate a generous amount peat moss or our Elements Composition Planting Mix into your soil.
How To Water
When watering the Double Pink Exbury is to keep the soil evenly moist, make sure it never dries out and never stays overly wet. Sunny plantings will need more water than shaded plantings.
How To Fertilize
When fertilizing this fella, you'll want to fertilize in the spring once and not again till the next year. We recommend using our Elements Starter Plant Food to feed your plants!
How To Prune
The best time to prune this beautiful shrub is after its flowering season, this will pave the way for next years flowering season.
