Gardeners know fall is a great time of year to plant trees, shrubs, and flowering bulbs, but did you know autumn is an ideal time for azalea planting, too?
Encore Azaleas are the world's best-selling reblooming azalea with blooms three times a year — spring, summer, and fall -- and 33 color varieties available. Planting them in the garden before winter’s frost gives gardeners double benefits. First, you’ll enjoy their vibrant blooms until first frost and then Encore Azaleas will enjoy a period of dormancy to become established before next spring’s arrival.
Even after the fall blooms fade away on Encore Azaleas, the evergreen foliage provides a beautiful backdrop for the winter garden with lush, year-round hues of green. During the dormant period, the branches may stop growing; but underneath the soil, the roots are developing a healthy support system — fortifying the Encore Azalea to produce beautiful new growth the following spring.
Continuing Blooms. Continuous Color.
Encore Azaleas bloom in spring like traditional azaleas. Once the spring blooming concludes, new shoots begin to grow and set buds. Then blooms emerge again in mid-summer and continue in many areas until first frost. Developed by plant breeder, Robert E. “Buddy” Lee, the multi-bloomers are the product of crossing spring-blooming azaleas with a rare Taiwanese summer-blooming azalea. Encore Azaleas are recommended for zones 7 to 10 and are especially cold and heat hardy with a higher resistance to disease and pests than traditional azaleas. University cold-hardiness trials show that 26 varieties of Encore Azalea are suitable for zones 6b and 6a.
