Rhododendron Azalea "Mixed Colours" 5Liter

🌺 Azalea

Botanical Name: Rhododendron spp. (Azalea group)
Common Names: Azalea, Garden Azalea, Flowering Azalea

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📌 Product Description

Azaleas are vibrant, flowering shrubs prized for their showy blooms in shades of pink, red, white, purple, and orange. Their compact, bushy habit makes them ideal for garden borders, container planting, and decorative landscaping.

This hardy, low-maintenance shrub adds seasonal colour, structure, and texture to South African gardens, attracting bees and butterflies during the flowering season.

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📏 Size When Fully Grown

• Height: approx. 60 cm – 1.5 m (depending on variety)
• Spread: approx. 60 cm – 1.5 m
• Growth Habit: Rounded, compact, bushy
• Growth Rate: Moderate

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🌱 Best Growing Conditions

• Light: Partial shade to filtered sunlight (avoid harsh midday sun)
• Soil: Well-drained, acidic, fertile soil; enriched with organic matter
• Water:
  • Keep soil consistently moist, especially during flowering
  • Avoid waterlogging
• Feeding: Apply acid-based fertiliser in spring for optimal growth and blooms
• Maintenance:
  • Deadhead spent flowers to encourage new blooms
  • Light pruning after flowering maintains shape

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🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

• Best Planting Time: Late winter to early spring (July – September)
• Growing Season: Spring to autumn
• Flowering Season: Spring (August – October)
• Climate Suitability: Prefers temperate, subtropical, and coastal regions
• Frost Tolerance: Light frost tolerant; protect young plants

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🌼 Additional Benefits

• Long flowering season with vibrant blooms
• Compact and low-maintenance
• Attracts pollinators such as bees and butterflies
• Excellent for mixed borders, containers, or as a feature shrub

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🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Garden beds and borders
✔ Patio and balcony containers
✔ Mixed perennial and shrub plantings
✔ Pollinator-friendly gardens
✔ Feature shrub for seasonal colour