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Plant: Gumpo Pink - Azalea
Azalea · Rhododendron 'Gumpo Pink'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A Satsuki hybrid azalea from Japan and a dwarf of the group, a dense, low spreading evergreen shrub seldom over 2 feet high and 3 feet wide. It blooms late, in late May and June after most azaleas have finished, carrying soft pink single flowers with ruffled edges about 2.5 to 3 inches across that look much larger than the small leaves would suggest. It needs an acid, moist but well drained medium at a pH of about 5.2 to 6.0 and is rated for zone 7 and south. Its low dense form suits borders, beds, foundation plantings, mass plantings and woodland or shade gardens, and it takes shearing and bonsai training well.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 2 ft tall and 3 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A Satsuki hybrid azalea from Japan and a dwarf of the group, a dense, low spreading evergreen shrub seldom over 2 feet high and 3 feet wide. It blooms late, in late May and June after most azaleas have finished, carrying soft pink single flowers with ruffled edges about 2.5 to 3 inches across that look much larger than the small leaves would suggest. It needs an acid, moist but well drained medium at a pH of about 5.2 to 6.0 and is rated for zone 7 and south. Its low dense form suits borders, beds, foundation plantings, mass plantings and woodland or shade gardens, and it takes shearing and bonsai training well.
- Flowers
- Soft pink single blooms about 2.5 to 3 inches across with ruffled edges, opening late in the azalea season in late May and June.
- Foliage
- Small evergreen leaves, usually less than an inch and a half long.
- Fruit
- A terminal cluster of dried red-brown capsules, about 1/2 inch long, appears in fall and releases seeds (genus-level description).
- Bark & stems
- Thin bark that sometimes peels or shreds; stems may be smooth or hairy (genus-level description).
- Light
- Morning Sun, Dappled/Filtered Light
- Pruning
- Prune just after flowering; in Japan Gumpo azaleas are traditionally kept as sheared specimens and used for bonsai.
- Native range
- Japan; Satsuki azaleas arose in southern Japan as natural hybrids of Rhododendron indicum and R. tamurae
