{"product_id":"azalea-indica-alba-magna","title":"Alba Magna Azalea - Rhododendron ‘Alba Magna’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAlba Magna Azalea - Rhododendron ‘Alba Magna’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Alba Magna’ is one of the large-flowered white Indica azaleas that have been grown in Australian gardens for generations, and it is chosen when a shaded bed needs a solid mass of pure white in spring. \u003cem\u003eRhododendron\u003c\/em\u003e of the Indica group form dense, twiggy evergreen shrubs with small dark leaves, and they flower so heavily that the foliage all but disappears for several weeks. The white forms are particularly useful under trees, where the flowers lift a dim planting that greens can not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Alba Magna\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Size\u003c\/strong\u003e: The individual blooms are notably large for an Indica azalea, giving a bolder effect than the small-flowered types.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePure White\u003c\/strong\u003e: A clean white that reads clearly at dusk and in shade, occasionally throwing a faint pink fleck.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDense Habit\u003c\/strong\u003e: Growth is bushy and well furnished to the base, so it works as a low informal hedge as well as a specimen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShade Performance\u003c\/strong\u003e: It flowers well in filtered light and dappled shade where most flowering shrubs go leggy.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContainer Suitability\u003c\/strong\u003e: The shallow fibrous root system takes to large pots and raised beds readily.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eToxicity warning\u003c\/strong\u003e: All parts are toxic to people, dogs, cats and horses if eaten.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnderstorey mass planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Grouped beneath established deciduous trees for a spring carpet of white.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLow informal hedge\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted in a row it forms a soft, dense border along a path or courtyard edge.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShaded courtyard pots\u003c\/strong\u003e: Large containers in a sheltered south or east facing courtyard.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWoodland-style border\u003c\/strong\u003e: Combined with camellias, hydrangeas and ferns in an acid-soil shade garden.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 to 1m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or early spring, avoiding midsummer heat\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acid soil around pH 5 to 6, high in organic matter, moist but sharply drained, never limey and never waterlogged\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Plant high with the top of the root ball just proud of the surrounding soil, since azaleas root shallowly and rot if buried. Keep a permanent leaf-litter or pine bark mulch, water with rainwater where the mains supply is hard, and prune immediately after flowering rather than later.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Part shade to filtered light, protected from hot afternoon sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e A garden cultivar derived from East Asian evergreen azalea species\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e White\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795336364318,"sku":"ND-0171-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/PgvaYcNZF41hwz9gzTZQJ_dE1mfyZz.jpg?v=1787313645","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/azalea-indica-alba-magna","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}