Autumn Moon Azalea
Azalea 'Shugetsu' (Satsuki hybrid)
Beautiful Azalea that extends the flowering season! Great color for containers, or use as low border shrub. Huge white blooms with deep purple border; some are solid color. Evergreen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | az-ZAY-lee-uh |
| Key feature: | Spring Flowering |
| Plant types: | Shrub, Rhododendron |
| Garden style: | Asian/Zen |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 7 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Grows to 3 to 3½ ft. tall, 2 to 2½ ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Flower attribute: | Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Dwarf Plant |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Seacoast Exposure, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Multicolored |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 0851 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Provide well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Feed with an acid fertilizer after bloom. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch. Pruning time: spring after flowering.
Design Ideas
A perfectly sized azalea for high profile foundation planting. Attention getter at close range around outdoor living areas or to liven up dull shrub borders. Create irregular groups in sheltered locations around tree groves and in acidic soils in conjunction with conifers. Superior choice for both Chinese and Japanese inspired gardens.
Companion Plants
This azalea works nicely with other Asian garden plants such as Cheals Weeping Cherry, (Prunus serrulata 'Kiku-shidare-zakura'), Oshio Beni Japanese Maple, (Acer palmatum 'Oshio-Beni') and Silver Dragon Liriope, (Liriope spicata 'Silver Dragon'). It's exceptional along side Orangee Flame Oregon Grape Holly, (Mahonia aquifolium 'Orangee Flame') or Deer Fern, (Blechum spicant).
History
The Satsuki azaleas are perhaps the most highly regarded of all in Japan. Breeding has resulted there the widest range of flower color, but there is equal emphasis on growth characteristics. They are derived from crosses between A. indicum and A. eriocarpum. Satsukis were introduced to the west around 1900, but breeding didn't really take off here until the 1930s.
Lore
Though they are known as azaleas, all azalea hybrids are technically members of genus Rhododendron.
Beautiful Azalea that extends the flowering season! Great color for containers, or use as low border shrub. Huge white blooms with deep purple border; some are solid color. Evergreen.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Provide well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Feed with an acid fertilizer after bloom. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch. Pruning time: spring after flowering.
Design Ideas
A perfectly sized azalea for high profile foundation planting. Attention getter at close range around outdoor living areas or to liven up dull shrub borders. Create irregular groups in sheltered locations around tree groves and in acidic soils in conjunction with conifers. Superior choice for both Chinese and Japanese inspired gardens.
Companion Plants
This azalea works nicely with other Asian garden plants such as Cheals Weeping Cherry, (Prunus serrulata 'Kiku-shidare-zakura'), Oshio Beni Japanese Maple, (Acer palmatum 'Oshio-Beni') and Silver Dragon Liriope, (Liriope spicata 'Silver Dragon'). It's exceptional along side Orangee Flame Oregon Grape Holly, (Mahonia aquifolium 'Orangee Flame') or Deer Fern, (Blechum spicant).
History
The Satsuki azaleas are perhaps the most highly regarded of all in Japan. Breeding has resulted there the widest range of flower color, but there is equal emphasis on growth characteristics. They are derived from crosses between A. indicum and A. eriocarpum. Satsukis were introduced to the west around 1900, but breeding didn't really take off here until the 1930s.
Lore
Though they are known as azaleas, all azalea hybrids are technically members of genus Rhododendron.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | az-ZAY-lee-uh |
| Key feature: | Spring Flowering |
| Plant types: | Shrub, Rhododendron |
| Garden style: | Asian/Zen |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 7 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Grows to 3 to 3½ ft. tall, 2 to 2½ ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Flower attribute: | Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Dwarf Plant |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Seacoast Exposure, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Multicolored |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 0851 |
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