BOTANICAL NAME:  Azalea ‘Formosa’

COMMON NAME:  “Formosa Azalea”

ATTRACTS:  Butterflies & Hummingbirds

RESISTANT:

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: Large, lavender flowers w/pink overtones and a hot pink blotch early-mid Spring

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Part sun to shade          

HEIGHT: 6 to 8 feet

WIDTH: 6 to 8 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Evergreen

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Acidic, well drained soil w/high organic matter

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Long blooming

Drought tolerant

HARDINESS ZONES: 7-8

Formosa azalea is a large growing, flowering evergreen shrub that is great for colorful mass plantings, borders or hedges. Prune after flowering. L:arge, lavender flowers w/pink overtones and a hot pink blotch in early-mid Spring.