Plant: Autumn Starlight - Azalea
Azalea · Rhododendron 'Roblem'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
Autumn Starlite is a compact, mounding Encore azalea about 3.5 feet tall and 4 feet wide, with narrow light green evergreen leaves. White single flowers about 3 inches across are dotted with pink, opening in a strong spring flush and again through summer and fall. It likes acidic, well-drained, evenly moist soil with morning sun and afternoon shade, and suits front beds, pathways and foundation plantings.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 6 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Semi-Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Autumn Starlite is a compact, mounding Encore azalea about 3.5 feet tall and 4 feet wide, with narrow light green evergreen leaves. White single flowers about 3 inches across are dotted with pink, opening in a strong spring flush and again through summer and fall. It likes acidic, well-drained, evenly moist soil with morning sun and afternoon shade, and suits front beds, pathways and foundation plantings.
- Flowers
- Single white flowers about 3 inches across, flecked with pink and sometimes striped pink, with a strong spring flush and repeat bloom through summer and fall.
- Foliage
- Narrow, light green evergreen leaves that brighten plantings year round.
- Light
- Morning Sun
- Pruning
- Minimal pruning needed. If shaping, prune right after the spring flowering so buds remain for the summer and fall bloom.
