AZALEA Encore Autumn Fire #3 Cheap

With flowers so brilliant you can see them from 500 yards away, Autumn Fire will set your landscape on fire with its LOADS of large, deep red flowers with black freckles in spring, summer, and fall. No picture we ve taken does the flower color justice. You have to see it with your own eyes to appreciate the spectacular color. The flowers stand out nicely against a backdrop of deep green leaves that turn a deep purple in winter. Autumn Fire is one of the more cold hardy varieties of the Encore Azalea Series.

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 3
Width at Maturity: 3
Spacing: 2.5 for solid hedges; 5 + for space between plants
Growth Habit Form: Bushy, Dense, Mounding, Upright
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Deep True Red
Flower Size: Large, 3
Flowering Period: Mid-Spring, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid-Fall
Flower Type: Semi-Double
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Dark Green, Purple tinted in Winter
Fragrant Foliage: No
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
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, Hummingbirds, Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer Resistance (the deer rarely touch ours), Drought (when well established), Clay Soil (heavy clay should be amended), Heat, Humidity, Sun