Candy Striper Native Azalea - Rhododendron Canescens - 3 Gallon Pot
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Candy Striper Native Azalea - Rhododendron Canescens - 3 Gallon Pot
$62.98
Sale price
$62.98
Regular price
$84.00
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Description
Candy Striper Native Azalea
Rhododendron canescens 'Candy Striper'
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub or Small Tree
Height at Maturity: 10-12'
Width at Maturity: 10-12'
Spacing: 14'+ for space between plants
Flower Color: Bright Pink with Light Pink stripe on petals
Flower Size: Medium, 2.5-3" long
Flowering Period: Early Spring
Flower Type: Single, Trumpet-shape
Fragrant Flowers: Yes, extremely fragrant!
Foliage Color: Medium Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Shade or Mostly Shade, Dappled Shade, Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun,
Water Needs: Average, Lower when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 4.5 - 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Heat, Humidity, Insect, Shade
Description
A beautiful and showy Piedmont Azalea selection made by noted Azalea grower Vivian Abney, ‘Candy Striper’ produces abundant clusters of fragrant pink flowers with each petal having a light pink stripe down the center. This one starts blooming at a very young age, and like its R. canescens cousins is heat and humidity tolerant. Plant this one near windows or close to patios, decks and other outdoor living spaces where the beautiful flowers and sweet fragrance can be enjoyed.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 10 to 12 feet tall and equally as wide, the Candy Striper Native Azalea is ideal for use as a specimen or in groupings in woodland borders or other areas of the landscape that provide dappled shade and moist but well-drained soils rich in organic matter. Can be grown as a shrub or lower branches removed to form a highly attractive small tree. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, pink theme gardens, Azalea gardens, woodland gardens, native plant gardens, and cottage gardens.
Spacing: We do not suggest planting this beauty as a hedge. Space plants 14 feet or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
Candy Striper Native Azalea is very easy to grow in moist but well-drained, humus rich soil and dappled shade or morning sun with afternoon shade. Once established it is quite drought tolerant requiring supplemental water only during prolonged periods of dry summer weather. Native azaleas are very low-maintenance, requiring little if any pruning. That said, occasionally we might prune a stray branch that is growing way outside the natural form of the plant, but not so much that it would spoil the natural form of this beautiful shrub.
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