Autumn Jewel Encore Azalea offers vibrant year-round color to any garden. Autumn Jewel provides landscape color year round with its pink blooms in spring, summer and fall and its attractive purple winter foliage. 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 Jewel 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 you 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.
Encore Azalea Autumn Jewel Azalea in a 1 Gallon pot
Mature size: 4 ft H X 4 ft W
Outdoor/landscape hardy USDA Zones: 6 - 10 (below zone 6 this plant should be grown in containers/planters that can be moved indoors during the winter)
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
Ships from Alabama gulf coast - customers beyond the south eastern United States should consider placing orders from early Fall to mid-late Spring to avoid heat damage during transit
If you are working on a big landscape project, consider ordering 1-2 of these Autumn Jewel Encore Azalea shrubs online at Lowes to ensure they meet your specifications before placing an order for your entire project