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Plant: Conversation Piece - Azalea
Azalea · Rhododendron 'Conversation Piece'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
Conversation Piece is a Robin Hill hybrid azalea carrying unusually large flowers, nearly four inches across, in white and pink with blotches of darker pink at the centre, opening among the late spring flowering azaleas. It is a broadleaf evergreen of moderate growth reaching about 2 to 5 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide, hardy in zones 7 to 9. Give it part sun, filtered shade or morning sun, medium water and well drained acidic soil. The size and multicoloured markings of the blooms make it a specimen or an ornamental shrub border plant.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 5 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Conversation Piece is a Robin Hill hybrid azalea carrying unusually large flowers, nearly four inches across, in white and pink with blotches of darker pink at the centre, opening among the late spring flowering azaleas. It is a broadleaf evergreen of moderate growth reaching about 2 to 5 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide, hardy in zones 7 to 9. Give it part sun, filtered shade or morning sun, medium water and well drained acidic soil. The size and multicoloured markings of the blooms make it a specimen or an ornamental shrub border plant.
- Flowers
- Very large flowers nearly four inches across in white and pink with blotches of darker pink in the centre.
- Fruit
- A terminal cluster of dried red-brown capsules that release seeds.
- Bark & stems
- The bark is thin and sometimes peels or shreds.
- Light
- Morning Sun, Dappled/Filtered Light
- Pruning
- Pruning, if desired, may be done after flowering.
- Native range
- Robin Hill hybrid azalea (United States)
