Azurri Blue Satin® Rose of Sharon Shrub

An unusual blue adds romance to your garden! The blue and purple bi-colored tropical-looking flowers of Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Azurri Blue Satin® Rose of Sharon (Azurri Blue Satin Hibiscus syriacus 'DVPazurri') are like individual Monet paintings in your garden! They catch your eye and then draw you in deeper with their unusual lavender-blue hues!

Related to Tropical and Hardy Hibiscus, Rose of Sharon (also known as Althea) are just as tropical looking, easy to care for, and resilient!! This very hardy Rose of Sharon is winter hardy to zone 5 to 9, and it's very low-maintenance! Each blossom has a purple-red eye and the trusses of blooms appear from summer and last until the autumn months!

Azurri Blue Satin® is the first almost completely seedless Rose of Sharon! That means it spends all of its time and energy pumping out amazing flowers for you. Growing 5-8 feet in height and 4-5 feet in width, these Althea are low maintenance and hardy flowering ornamentals.

Planting and Application:

Rose of Sharon are vibrant flowering specimens for any sunny garden application you can think of! Soften the corner of a garage, or even your home, anchor a garden bed or border, or drop one as an impressive accent in the middle of a front yard berm! Then watch the butterflies and Hummingbirds check in! Azurri Blue Satin® Rose of Sharon will be the centerpiece of a large container planting or the talk of the neighborhood as a driveway hedge.

Mix it into your perennial border or use it as a patio specimen plant - you really can't go wrong with this beauty. Create informal hedges and shelterbelts for birds to nest in and draw pollinators in! You'll gain pretty screening and property definition, plus some privacy around your outdoor garden room! This variety adds flowy elegant form to cottage gardens and mixed shrub borders and focal points in your landscape with Azurri Blue Satin® extended bloom! A few would even look great as screening around pools and seating areas in the sun!

• Radiant Purple-Blue-Violet Blooms & Deep Red Eye
• Held in Tall Trusses - Bloom For Weeks
• Soft, Loose & Elegant Canopy
• Lush Green Foliage
• Specimens, Borders & Hedges, Full Sun Landscapes

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Altheas performs well in almost any soil, except if it's too dry or too wet. This easy-care plant is a perfect choice, whether you are a beginner or have years of landscaping experience. Rose of Sharon loves sunshine! Plant it in a spot where they will get at least six hours of sunlight a day. Provide a moderate amount of water on a regular basis. Use a three-inch layer of arborist mulch over the top of the root system to keep them nice and cool.

This pretty shrub blooms on new wood, so prune Althea in early spring to either shape or control the height. You'll have flowers later that season, no matter how tightly you trim them in spring. You can even train these shrubs into multi or single-stemmed tree forms! Renewal prune every 3-5 years to maintain vigor. Apply a slow-release fertilizer designed for flowering plants at the same time. Follow application rates on the label.

Azurri Blue Satin® Rose of Sharon actually has reduced seed production, making this plant nearly sterile. Use anywhere in your yard without worrying about nuisance seedlings. In some areas, these seeds can sprout, so Nature Hills employs Plant Sentry™ to ensure these plants won't ship into areas where they can become a problem.

• Full Sun
• Moderate Moisture & Enriched Well-Drained Soil
• Rugged, Cold Hardy & Heat Tolerant
• Vigorous & Very Low Maintenance
• Deer Resistant & Seaside/Salt Tolerant
• Produces Very Few, to Any Viable Seeds

Azurri Blue Satin® is a real beauty that will add depth and a bit of tropical glamour to your garden. Buy a few and see for yourself this year at Nature Hills!