Rosebud Azalea

Rhododendron ‘Rosebud’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 3′

Width at Maturity: 3-5′

Spacing: 3-3.5′ for solid hedges; 7’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Dense, Mounding, Rounded

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Pink

Flower Size: 2″

Flowering Period: Spring

Flower Type: Double

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

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

Water Needs: Average, lower when established

Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sandy (amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist

Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Low, Average

Attracts: Butterflies, Visual Attention

Resistances: Rabbit

Description

A hard-to-find beauty with buds and flowers like no other that bloom for a period of up to 6 weeks during spring, the Rosebud Azalea produces a profusion of gorgeous, deep pink rosebud-shape flower buds that open to double flowers with ruffled petals that look like a rose. This one is sure to be a conversation piece in your garden for years to come! Attractive deep green evergreen foliage on a semi-dwarf shrub that grows maybe 3 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide over time.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 3 feet tall and 4 to 5 wide, the Rosebud Azalea is ideal for use as a specimen in smaller garden spaces or in groupings, mass plantings, or as a low hedge in landscape and flowering shrub borders and home foundation plantings. Butterflies love the flowers, and blooming branches serve very well for cutting to create stunning indoor floral arrangements. A fine addition to pink theme gardens, azalea/rhododendron gardens, cut flower gardens, woodland gardens and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 3 to 3.5 feet apart for solid hedges; 6 feet or more apart for space between plants

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 shade or filtered sun in the afternoon is ideal. Evening sun is fine. Moderate drought tolerance when established.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to get helpful Azalea planting and care advice from our experts.

Planting Evergreen Azaleas In The Ground & In Pots
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Beautiful plant, happily settled in its new location and already growing new foliage!———————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG