Linwood Hardy Gardenia Azalea - 3 Gallon Pot
$55.98
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$55.98
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Linwood Hardy Gardenia Azalea - 3 Gallon Pot
$55.98
Sale price
$55.98
Regular price
$66.00
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Description
'Linwood Hardy Gardenia' Azalea
Rhododendron x 'Linwood Hardy Gardenia'
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 3-4'
Width at Maturity: 3-4'
Spacing: 3' for solid hedges and mass plantings, 6'+ for space between plants
Spacing: 3' for solid hedges and mass plantings, 6'+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Dense, Mounded, Rounded
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White with Chartreuse center freckles
Flower Size: 3"
Flowering Period: Spring
Flower Type: Double flowers!
Fragrant Flowers: Light Fragrance
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Sun Needs: Morning Sun w/Dappled or Afternoon Shade, Afternoon Sun w/Morning Shade, All Day Lightly Filtered Sun
Water Needs: Average
Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay soil to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sand (amend quick draining soils for moisture retention), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained
Soil pH: 5.0 - 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Average
Attracts: Visual Attention, Butterflies
Resistances / Tolerances: Deer Resistance (the deer rarely touch ours), Drought (when well established), Clay Soil (heavy clay should be amended), Heat, Humidity
Description
Is it a gardenia or an azalea? No, it's not a bigeneric hybrid. This one is 100% azalea, but the flowers do look like those of double gardenias...and it's cold hardy to Zone 6! In mid spring the 'Linwood Hardy Gardenia' Azalea is covered in stunning clusters of lightly-scented white flowers with double petals that surround a blotch of chartreuse freckles at the center. Dark green glossy evergreen foliage really makes the flowers pop. Growing only 3 feet tall and equally as wide makes this beauty a perfect fit for smaller garden spaces or groupings in larger landscape borders.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing to 3 feet tall and wide, the 'Linwood Hardy Gardenia' Azalea is a perfect choice for groupings, mass plantings, low hedges or an accent in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. It is also a fine selection for growing in containers and pots, which can be strategically placed to dress up decks, patios, porches, and other outdoor living spaces. A fine addition to azalea gardens, cottage gardens and white theme gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 2.5 feet apart for solid hedges and mass plantings, 6 feet or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
We've been growing Encore Azaleas in our gardens since they were first released in the 1990's and can say with confidence that when planted right, and in the right spot, Encore Azaleas are among the easiest azaleas easy to grow.
Soil: When planted in the ground, Linwood Hardy Gardenia Azalea adapt well to most soil types. In general, like all other azaleas, the Encores 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, Hardy Gardenia Azalea do not like a constantly soggy soil.
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