Description:

Combining superior hardiness, a compact habit and showy blooms this hybrid azalea bears clusters of deep rose-pink flowers on a rounded habit; flaring wavy edged funnel shaped blooms have red spotted upper lobes; has a beautiful garden presentation

Ornamental Features:

Boudoir Azalea is draped in stunning clusters of lightly-scented pink trumpet-shaped flowers with rose overtones at the ends of the branches in mid spring before the leaves. It has dark green foliage throughout the season. The narrow leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color. The fruit is not ornamentally significant. The smooth gray bark is not particularly outstanding.

Landscape Attributes:

Boudoir Azalea is an open multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Boudoir Azalea is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Accent

Plant Characteristics:

Boudoir Azalea will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It requires an evenly moist well-drained soil for optimal growth, but will die in standing water. It is very fussy about its soil conditions and must have rich, acidic soils to ensure success, and is subject to chlorosis (yellowing) of the leaves in alkaline soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder zones.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.