Mardi Gras Southern Indica Azalea
Rhododendron indica ‘Mardi Gras’
Plant Details
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8a-10b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 4-5′
Width at Maturity: 5-6′
Spacing: 4′ apart for solid hedges; 10’+ apart for space between plants
Flower Color: Bi-color White with Deep Pink centers
Flower Size: Large, 3-3.5″
Flowering Period: Early Spring, Mid-Spring
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
Water Needs: Average, Lower when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand (Amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 4.5 – 6.5
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Heat, Humidity, Sun
Description
Perhaps the most uniquely colored of the sun and heat tolerant Southern Indica Azaleas, ‘Mardi Gras’ displays LOADS of large, 3 to 4 inch showy, funnel-shaped, variegated white flowers with an bold splashes of deep pinkish-salmon exploding from the center. A site to behold!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in mound 4 to 5 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide, the Mardi Gras Azalea is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a natural hedge in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. The plants perform exceptionally well under tall pine trees. A fine addition to Azalea gardens, pink theme gardens and cottage gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 4 feet apart for solid hedges; 10 feet or more apart for space between plants
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Growing Preferences
Southern Indica Azaleas are very easy to grow. They prefer a moist but well-drained acidic soil that is rich in organic matter and full sun to part shade. That said, we think they perform and look their best with a little shade or filtered sunlight during the hottest part of summer afternoons. Established plants have good drought tolerance.
Helpful Articles
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- Planting Evergreen Azaleas In The Ground & In Pots
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