Formosa Azalea

Vivid flowers, big, robust shrub! If you want a bold, large, and showy broad-leaved evergreen shrub to add color, texture, and structure to your landscape design, you can't go wrong with Formosa Azalea (Rhododendron indica 'Formosa')! Fabulous, large lavender-pink blooms are speckled with a cute, darker accent blotch on the top petal. These big blooms make a tremendous impact to kick off the growing season.

Formosa Azaleas are large, colorful shrubs that just get better year after year. They bloom early, so depending upon where you live, the color show starts in either late winter or early spring. Fine-textured broad-leaved evergreen foliage remains green and grows lush and full all the down to the ground.

The green foliage color is a wonderful foil for the brightly colored blooms. Get ready to see butterflies and Hummingbirds visit your yard! Hardy throughout USDA growing zones 8 to 9, these are heat and humidity-tolerant! This Southern indica evergreen Azalea can handle the heat and even thrives in full sun! These large shrubs mature at 6-8 feet in height and width! Talk about high impact!

Planting and Application:

Count on this dependable heavy bloomer to decorate your landscape. Versatile, large-scale Formosa shrubs will draw attention wherever it's planted. You'll easily gain a designer look curb appeal, all for the price of a few shrubs!

Try them along the back of your mixed shrub border. They will make a gorgeous backdrop for smaller plants. Use Formosa as a special accent shrub near your entryway. Or, include one or more at the corner of your house to anchor your foundation planting.

Would you like a bit more privacy? These year-round shrubs can even be mass planted or used as long hedges. Why not enliven a row of evergreen trees with Formosa planted on their sunny side? Let Formosa become your go-to solution for a beautiful privacy screen. Add several behind your patio seating. You and your guests will enjoy an enchanting sense of privacy. Create a solid screen by planting them 2 feet apart on center. Measure from the center of one to the center of the next plant.

Carve out a getaway space just for yourself in your backyard. Formosa shrubs can grow into the walls of a lavish Secret Garden, or outdoor Yoga Studio. This boldly sophisticated specimen will make you smile!

• Huge, Bright Lavender-Pink Blooms Cover the Shrub in Early Spring
• Upright Growth Habit & Broad-Leaved Evergreen Foliage
• Larger Size Azalea Variety
• Perfect Flowering Hedge - Add Privacy & Structure
• Use as a Large Screen or as Living Walls for Garden Rooms
• Great as a Mass Planting!

#ProPlantTips For Care

Formosa is a rugged variety that can handle full sunlight. It will also do well with a little shade. Rhododendrons and Azaleas do best in slightly acidic, well-drained soil. If you suffer from poor drainage, build a raised bed 18 inches high. Use your native soil and mix in a few handfuls of pine bark soil conditioner and peat moss. Plants also need plenty of air circulation. Give at least 6 feet from any building, or tight corner. Good airflow around each plant dries the foliage quickly.

When planting Azaleas, it's better to plant too high, than too low. Mound up when planting by leaving a few inches of the root ball showing above the ground. Pull pine bark or pine straw mulch up to cover the root system.

Formosa Azalea should be watered regularly and mulched applied to keep the ground moist. Reapply a fresh layer each year. Always pull the mulch back 6 inches from the stems. Weed your plantings regularly, as the shallow roots won't like the competition. Apply a good, organic, slow-release fertilizer in early spring according to the product directions. Look for a formula designed for Acid Loving plants.

Prune to the correct shape and reduce the size, if needed, right after the spring flowers begin to fade. Don't wait, as later pruning will threaten your blooms for next spring.

• Grows in Full Sun & Partial Shade
• Low Maintenance in Slightly Acidic Well-Drained Soil
• Moderate Moisture & Mulched Beds
• Prune Immediately After Spring Flowers Fade
• Appreciates Mulched Beds
• Easy-Care, Vigorous Flowering Shrub

You'll never grow tired of this pretty workhorse! Order a Formosa Azalea shrub from the expert growers at Nature Hills today. Please order enough plants to complete your entire project. This hot plant is in high demand, and it's easy to see why.