Encore Azalea Autumn Sweetheart (3 Gallon) Pink Flowering Shrub Alive - Full Sun Live Outdoor Plant - Flowering Plants Rhododendrons

The Encore Azalea Autumn Sweetheart is a 4' x 4' reblooming azalea that features beautiful pale pink flowers in the spring, summer and fall seasons. The pale pink flowers are such a light hue of pink that you may believe they are white, but rest assured they are not! In addition to the solid color the flowers are also adorned with lavender freckles. Year round you will be able to enjoy the shrub as it is an evergreen and even after the blooms are completed for the season the dark, glossy green foliage will remain.The Autumn Sweetheart remains hardy in USDA zones 6b - 10b and when combined with well drained acidic soil and full sunlight your blooms will be sure to reach their full potential. If you enjoy watching butterflies and hummingbirds feed then this is the perfect plant for your garden or landscaping project as they both are fans of this flowering evergreen.The Encore Azalea Autumn Sweetheart can be used as a focal point around the yard and garden to accentuate entries with their dense growth habit.

• REBLOOMING EVERGREEN SHRUB: Encore Azalea Autumn Sweetheart is a reblooming azalea that will give you months of beauty instead of weeks. This encore azalea reaches sizes of 4ft x 4ft at maturity forming a highly manageable shrub. Beautiful soft pink blooms that almost appear white sit atop glossy evergreen foliage year round for 365 days of color!
• WHITE FLOWERING BUSH: The Encore Azalea Autumn Sweetheart can be used as a focal point around the yard and garden to accentuate entries with their dense growth habit. In the spring, summer, and fall, the beautiful blooms of pink will become a host to several visitors, such as butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees.
• NO PRUNING: Autumn Sweetheart requires little pruning to retain its form and does not need to be deadheaded! If you would like to prune your azaleas be sure to do so immediately after the spring flowering. Once well established, light pruning may facilitate growth and flowering in future seasons. AVOID fall pruning as you will be removing buds that have begun setting for the next blooming season.
• USDA ZONES: The Autumn Sweetheart is one of the more hardy azaleas capable of thriving in 6b-10b. Quite tolerant, these outdoor plants thrive in full sun, but will also produce healthy blooms in partially shaded gardens. In the early years, water regularly and especially during dry periods. Like most, if not all, this azalea plants live in acidic soil with pH levels between 5 and 6.5.
• POTTED PLANT: Ships as a 3 gallon potted plant with soil from the Alabama Gulf Coast. Not guaranteed to be in bloom on arrival. This plant is unavailable to ship to Hawaii and Alaska.