Koromo Shikibu Purple Spider Azalea - 6 Pack Of 1 Gallon Pots
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Koromo Shikibu Purple Spider Azalea - 6 Pack Of 1 Gallon Pots
$99.99
Sale price
$99.99
Regular price
$114.00
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Description
Koromo Shikibu Azalea
Rhododendron x 'Koromo Shikibu'
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5b-9a (9b?) Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 3-4'
Width at Maturity: 4-5'
Spacing: 3-3.5' for solid hedges; 7'+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Mounding
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Pinkish Lavender to Lavender
Flower Size: 2.5 to 3"
Flowering Period: Mid to Late Spring
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Bright Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Sun Needs: Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun or Dappled Shade
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, Visual Attention
Resistances: Rabbit
Description
With a flower form and color like no other and sure to be a conversation piece, the 'Koromo Shikibu' Azalea explodes in spring with unique and beautiful spider-type lavender flowers that literally smother the mound of foliage. The unusual flowers have strap-like petals about an 1.5 inches long and 1/2 inch wide and, unlike most evergreen azaleas, have a sweet but subtle fragrance. In our gardens we see a good out-of-season bloom in the fall. Deep green evergreen foliage turns red in fall on an upright mounding shrub that might grow to 4 feet tall and 5 feet wide at maturity. This one prefers part to mostly shade and reports from gardeners around the country indicate cold hardiness to Zone 5b and heat tolerance to Zone 9a.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 3 to 4 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, the Kormo Shikibu Azalea is ideal for use as a specimen in smaller garden spaces or in groupings, mass plantings, or as a low hedge in landscape and flowering shrub borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to purple theme gardens, azalea and rhododendron gardens, woodland gardens and cottage gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 2.5 to 3 feet apart for solid hedges; 6 feet or more apart for space between plants
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Growing Preferences
Evergreen Azaleas are easy to grow when planted right and in the right spot. They prefer a moist but well-drained and acidic soil that is rich in organic matter and part sun. Morning sun with shade or filtered sun in the afternoon is ideal. Evening sun is fine. Mostly shade is fine.
Helpful Articles
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