Encore Azalea Autumn Sunburst (1 Gallon) Pink and White Flowering Shrub - Full Sun Live Outdoor Plant

Autumn Sunburst Encore Azalea offers vibrant year-round color to any garden. Autumn Sunburst is a bright highlight in the garden, growing compactly and blooming profusely in Spring, Summer and Fall. Its unique blooms are coral pink with white ruffled edges and stand out against the compact dark green foliage. These azaleas require little maintenance once established and have superb disease resistance. They are also great attractants to pollinators such as butterflies and hummingbirds. Unlike many traditional azaleas, Encore Azaleas bloom best in full sun, so choose an area of your yard where they can receive at least 4-6 hours of sunlight. Autumn Sunburst works well in foundation plantings or as a low growing hedge. Be sure to plant your Encore Azaleas in acidic to slightly acidic soil to maximize your bloom yield. Fertilize in the Spring with a balanced fertilizer after the threat of the last frost has dissipated and feed once more in the Summer to help your Encore bloom through Fall. Encore Azalea is the world's best-selling multi-season blooming azalea. In many areas of the country, Encore Azalea bloom during 3 seasons of the year-Spring, Summer, and Fall. And, for areas of the country where azaleas don't traditionally thrive, such as those in USDA hardiness Zone 6 and 7, you will see a Spring or Summer bloom, but not a Fall bloom before your temperatures drop. When planting this Azalea dig the hole twice as wide as the pot and mix slightly acidic garden soil in with your native soil, then leave the top of the root ball half an inch above the ground level when filling the hole with soil.

• Autumn Sunburst's flowers are coral pink with white ruffled edges, semi-double form and 2.5 inches across
• Cold hardy to USDA Zone 6A. Hardy in USDA Zones 6A-10
• Mature Size: 3 ft. tall by 3.5 ft. wide
• Attracts butterflies
• Can be grown in full sun to partial shade, needs 4-6 hours of sunlight
• Plant in bulk for a low growing hedge, or plant a single plant for colorful accent or specimen
• Can be grown in containers for patios, decks and entryways
• Ideal soil is slightly acidic pH of 5.5 - 6.5
• Very low maintenance plant once established
• Water thoroughly twice per week until established, then water once per week
• Fertilize every spring with slow-release fertilizer
• May be pruned if desired after spring bloom
• Not guaranteed to be in bloom on arrival
• Ships from Alabama - Customers beyond the Southeast US should place orders from early fall to late spring to avoid heat damage in transit