Rosebud Azalea
Rhododendron ‘Rosebud’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 3′
Width at Maturity: 3-5′
Spacing: 3-3.5′ for solid hedges; 7’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Dense, Mounding, Rounded
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Size: 2″
Flowering Period: Spring
Flower Type: Double
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: 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
A hard-to-find beauty with buds and flowers like no other that bloom for a period of up to 6 weeks during spring, the Rosebud Azalea produces a profusion of gorgeous, deep pink rosebud-shape flower buds that open to double flowers with ruffled petals that look like a rose. This one is sure to be a conversation piece in your garden for years to come! Attractive deep green evergreen foliage on a semi-dwarf shrub that grows maybe 3 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide over time.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 3 feet tall and 4 to 5 wide, the Rosebud 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. Butterflies love the flowers, and blooming branches serve very well for cutting to create stunning indoor floral arrangements. A fine addition to pink theme gardens, azalea/rhododendron gardens, cut flower gardens, woodland gardens and cottage gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 3 to 3.5 feet apart for solid hedges; 6 feet or more apart for space between plants
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. Moderate drought tolerance when established.
Helpful Articles
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- Planting Evergreen Azaleas In The Ground & In Pots
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