Vivid Red Azalea
Azalea x girard’s hybrid ‘Vivid Red’
Other Names: Girard’s Vivid Red Azalea
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7b-10b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 2.5-3.5′
Width at Maturity: 3-4′
Spacing: 3′ for solid hedges; 6’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Dense, Mounding, Rounded
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Brilliant Cherry Red
Flower Size: 2″
Flowering Period: Spring and then reblooming all season long!
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Bright Green, Red to Burgundy or Mahogany in winter
Fragrant Foliage: No
Sun Needs: Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun or Dappled Shade
Water Needs: Average, lower when established
Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay soil), Loam, Sandy (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained
Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low, Average
Attracts: Butterflies, Visual Attention
Resistances: Rabbit
Description
Unusual in that it blooms heavy in spring and then reblooms throughout the season, the Vivid Azalea is a Girard Hybrid showing off semi-ruffled, exceptionally vivid, cherry red flowers that will not go unnoticed, hence the name. The heavy early to mid spring bloom is followed by sporadic bloom all the way to frost. Reblooming is heavier if the plant is lightly trimmed after the spring bloom cycle. Maturing at about 3 feet tall and maybe 4 feet wide, the dense, deep green leaves serve as an excellent backdrop to the vivid flowers. A truly spectacular hybrid evergreen Azalea that packs a punch of color in the landscape!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing to 2.5 to 3.5 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide, the Vivid Azalea is a perfect choice as an accent in smaller garden spaces or for groupings, mass plantings, low hedges in larger landscape borders, woodland gardens, and home foundation plantings. Butterflies love the flowers, and blooming branches serve very well for cutting to create stunning indoor floral arrangements. A fine addition to Azalea gardens, red theme gardens, cottage gardens, Asian theme gardens and partially shaded Woodland gardens.
Spacing: 3” for solid hedges; 6’+ for space between plants
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Growing Preferences
The Vivid Azalea is very easy to grow when planted right and in the right spot. It prefers a moist but well-drained acidic soil that is rich in organic matter and part shade. Morning and/or evening sun with some shade or filtered sun in the afternoon is perfect.
Helpful Articles
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- Planting Evergreen Azaleas In The Ground & In Pots
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