Joga Azalea

Rhododendron satsuki ‘Joga’

Other Common Names: Johga Satsuki Azalea, Joga Satsuki Azalea

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b (5?) Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 3′ with no pruning

Width at Maturity: approximately 4′ with no pruning

Spacing: 3′ apart for solid groupings; 7′ or more apart for space between plants

Flower Color: White with Purple to Fuchsia freckles

Flower Size: 2.5-3″ wide

Flowering Period: Late Spring

Flower Type: Single

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: –

Sun Needs: Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Mostly Sun

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand (Amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained

Soil pH: 5.5 – 6.5

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention, Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Resistances: Heat, Humidity, Sun

Description

Excellent for garden beds, pots or bonsai, ‘Joga’ is an evergreen Satsuki hybrid azalea that features LOADS of 2.3 to 3″ diameter unusually colored white flowers with fuchsia to purple freckles. Occasionally some flowers may be solid soft pink or purple. Joga grows in a somewhat dense mound to 3 feet tall and up to 4 feet wide that is clothed in dark green pointed leaves which provide fine texture in the garden. We love this adorable azalea with big flower power and think you will too!

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing in a low mound 2 to 3 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide, the Joga Azalea is great for growing in garden beds or containers and is excellent for bonsai. In garden beds it is ideal for use in groupings, mass plantings, or as a border along paths and walkways in landscape and woodland borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to bonsai gardens, Asian-theme gardens, pink theme gardens, Azalea gardens, cottage gardens, and partially shaded woodland gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 2.5 to 3 feet apart for solid hedges; 7 feet or more apart for space between plants

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Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a, where this Azalea variety is not reliably winter hardy outdoors, you can enjoy it in containers that can be moved indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

Evergreen Azaleas are easy to grow when planted right and in the right spot. They prefer a moist but well-drained and acidic soil that is rich in organic matter and part sun. Morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun is ideal. Moderate drought tolerance when established.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Azaleas.

Planting Evergreen Azaleas In The Ground & In Pots

Fertilizing & Watering Evergreen Azaleas

Pruning Evergreen Azaleas

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