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.