{"product_id":"rhododendron-elegans","title":"Elegans Azalea - Rhododendron ‘Elegans’","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\u003eElegans Azalea - Rhododendron ‘Elegans’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Elegans’ is one of the large growing Southern Indica azaleas that built the shaded gardens of Sydney, Melbourne and the Blue Mountains, carrying broad single flowers in soft pink over glossy evergreen foliage. Unlike the compact kurume types, this \u003cem\u003eRhododendron\u003c\/em\u003e builds real bulk, so it is used as a flowering shrub with presence rather than a border filler. Its value is the reliability of the display: a heavy, even flush across the whole plant in late winter and spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Elegans Azalea\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Volume\u003c\/strong\u003e: Blooms smother the plant rather than dotting it, giving several weeks of solid colour.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize and Substance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Reaches a genuine shrub scale, which lets it hold a shaded bed on its own.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShade Performance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Flowers well in dappled light and under high canopy where most flowering shrubs go blind.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEvergreen Between Seasons\u003c\/strong\u003e: The dense small leaved canopy keeps the bed furnished for the eleven months it is not flowering.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClips Readily\u003c\/strong\u003e: Tolerates a hard tidy straight after flowering, so it can be held to a set height or shaped into a mound.\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 Under Established Trees\u003c\/strong\u003e: Sits comfortably beneath deciduous canopy or high branched natives.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoft Informal Hedge\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted in a run it forms a flowering divider between garden rooms.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShaded Courtyard Feature\u003c\/strong\u003e: Brings colour to south facing and wall shaded spaces that defeat most flowering shrubs.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeritage and Cottage Gardens\u003c\/strong\u003e: A period correct choice for older homes in cool and temperate districts.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 to 1.2m for a continuous flowering hedge\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2m as individual shrubs\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn and early spring; avoid establishing through midsummer heat\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acidic, humus rich, free draining soil. Azaleas are shallow rooted and hate both alkaline ground and heavy wet clay, so raise the bed and work in compost and aged pine bark.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keep the shallow root plate evenly moist through the first two summers, as this plant wilts fast and recovers slowly. Mulch with pine bark or leaf litter and never cultivate around the base, since the feeder roots sit in the top 100mm of soil.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2.5m\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 Dappled shade to morning sun; protect from hot afternoon sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Garden hybrid; the Indica azaleas derive from east Asian species\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Soft pink, single, in late winter to spring\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"90L","offer_id":59795337511198,"sku":"ND-1528-90L","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/nYbTkOlqYyH9OMFiUbz7y_g82IPu61.jpg?v=1787313645","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/rhododendron-elegans","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}