Enjoy Color Season After Season with Encore Azaleas!
Encore® Azalea is the best azalea you’ll ever plant. If you love spring-blooming azaleas, you can enjoy this explosion of color season after season with Encore Azaleas. Encore Azaleas are the world’s best-selling reblooming azalea with rich, colorful blooms in spring, summer and fall. Each of the Encore Azalea varieties begins their performance with the spring flowering season. Once this “first act” of blooming concludes, new shoots begin to grow and set buds. The Encore Azalea’s “second act” opens when these buds begin blooming. This unique bloom season continues through fall, the curtain dropping with the onset of cold weather. Encore Azaleas have 29 varieties of bloom colors and sizes to choose from and are unlike any other azalea in the world, performing equally well in sunny locations or partial shade. Plant them in your garden and enjoy sustainable color season after season.
New for 2013
Inventor Buddy Lee continues to work on breeding new Encore® Azaleas with improved characteristics such as increased cold-hardiness. Watch for these four new varieties this fall.
Autumn Ivory™
Azalea x ‘Roblev’ PPIP
Autumn Ivory is a compact grower that bursts with huge quantities of bright white flowers spring, summer, and fall. Its dwarf size makes Autumn Ivory one the best Encore Azaleas for containers and foundation plantings.
Height: 2.5 feet Width: 3 feet Bloom: 2” across USDA Zones: 7-9
Autumn Jewel™
Autumn Lily™
Autumn Sunburst™
Autumn Jewel provides landscape color year-round with its pink blooms in spring, summer, and fall, and its attractive purple winter foliage. Autumn Jewel is one of the most cold-hardy Encore Azaleas, hardy to USDA zone 6A.
Robust and upright with deep green foliage, Autumn Lily produces white blooms with occasional single purple stripes. Its strong growth and profuse blooms make Autumn Lily perfect for mass and foundation plantings. One of the most cold-hardy Encore Azalea varieties.
One of the newest Encore Azaleas, Autumn Sunburst is a bright highlight in the garden, growing compactly and blooming profusely in spring, summer and fall. Its unique blooms are coral pink with white ruffled edges and stand out against the compact dark green foliage.
Height: 4 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 2” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Height: 4.5 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 3” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Height: 3 feet Width: 3.5 feet Bloom: 2.5” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Azalea x ‘Robleu’ PPIP
Azalea x ‘Roblex’ PPIP
Azalea x ‘Roblet’ PPIP
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Autumn Sunburst™
Autumn Jewel™
Autumn Ivory™
Autumn Lily™
Autumn Amethyst™
Autumn Angel™
Autumn Belle™
With its dark lavender blooms, lustrous green summer foliage and attractive purple winter foliage, Autumn Amethyst offers vibrant year-round interest to any garden. University trials have shown it to be one of the most cold hardy varieties of the Encore Azalea line.
Autumn Angel has pure white flowers that appear iridescent in the morning light. The combination of the stark white blooms and the glossy, deep green foliage makes this variety a wonderful addition to any garden.
With light green foliage and ruffled pale pink flowers embellished by delicate white lacing and magenta freckles, this variety is a garden designer’s delight. And, landscapers will love Autumn Belle’s robust, upright growing habit.
Height: 4 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 2“ across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Height: 3 feet high Width: 3 feet wide Bloom: 3” across USDA Zones: 7-9
Height: 5 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 2.5” across USDA Zones: 7-9
Azalea x ‘Conlee’ PP#10567
Autumn Amethyst™ Autumn Angel™
Autumn Belle™
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Azalea x ‘Robleg’ PP#15227
Azalea x ‘Robleo’ PP#19899
Autumn Bravo™
Autumn Carnation™
Autumn Carnival™
Autumn Bravo is a favorite among Encore Azalea fans. Its blazing red blooms contrast nicely with the dark green foliage, putting on an attractive show late into the fall.
Now gardeners can enjoy multiple times a year the rich medium pink blooms seen only once a year on the Pink Ruffle azalea. The exceptional flower quality, color and lustrous dark green foliage make this variety an excellent landscape addition.
With brilliant medium pink blooms, Autumn Carnival is great for borders or as a specimen. Heavy flowering makes this variety a traffic stopper!
Height: 4.5 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 2.5” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Height: 3 feet Width: 3.5 feet Bloom: 2.5” across USDA Zones: 6B-9
Azalea x ‘Conlen’ PP#11628
Height: 3 feet Width: 3.5 feet Bloom: 3” across USDA Zones: 6B-9
Azalea x ‘Roblec’ PP#15339
Azalea x ‘Conlet’ PP#12111
Autumn Carnation™ Autumn Carnival™
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Autumn Bravo™
Autumn Cheer™
Autumn Chiffon™
Autumn Coral™
Especially well suited for borders or small accent spaces, Autumn Cheer’s lovely medium pink blooms add a splash of spirit to any landscape.
With light pink blooms that offer a splash of dark pink in the center, this variety adds a designer touch to any landscape. As a compact grower bearing huge quantities of flowers, Autumn Chiffon works well in foundation plantings.
Great as a foundation plant, this variety’s soft coral pink flowers are dotted with bright fuchsia centers and bloom well in spring and even more profusely through later months.
Height: 3 feet Width: 3.5 feet Bloom: 1.25” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Height: 2.5 feet Width: 3 feet Bloom: 2.75” across USDA Zones: 7-9
Height: 2.5 feet Width: 3 feet Bloom: 2.75” across USDA Zones: 7-9
Azalea x ‘Conlef’ PP#10579
Autumn Coral™ Autumn Chiffon™
Autumn Cheer™
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Azalea x ‘Robled’ PP#15862
Azalea x ‘Conled’ PP#10568
Autumn Debutante™
Autumn Embers™
Autumn Empress™
Although the plant itself grows to a moderate mature size, the blooms and leaves of the Autumn Debutante are strikingly big and broad. The luster of the dark green leaves contrasts well with the delicate, light pink flowers, making a beautiful landscape statement.
One of our most popular varieties, Autumn Embers’ deep orange-red blooms make a colorful statement in any landscape.
This Encore Azalea variety has dense dark green foliage that contrasts nicely with the medium pink blooms. While nice as a specimen planting, Autumn Empress is also a good choice for planting around the foundation of a building or home.
Height: 4 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 3” across USDA Zones: 6B-9
Height: 3 feet Width: 3.5 feet Bloom: 2.5” across USDA Zones: 6B-9
Azalea x ‘Roblel’ PP#16278
Azalea x ‘Conleb’ PP#10581
Azalea x ‘Conles’ PP#12109
Autumn Embers™ Autumn Debutante™
Height: 4 feet Width: 3 feet Bloom: 2.25” across USDA Zones: 6B-9
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Autumn Empress™
Autumn Lilac™
Autumn Monarch™
Autumn Moonlight™
Autumn Lilac’s brilliant lavender blooms are accented with darker purple freckles and stand out against its evergreen foliage. Autumn Lilac was bred for its cold hardy tendencies and selected for its rounded growth habit.
A robust, tall variety with light green foliage and striking ruffled blooms that offer shades of orangepink and specks of red, Autumn Monarch works well as a background plant.
The beautiful ruffled blooms of Autumn Moonlight are pure white with yellow dusted throats. A robust, upright grower with light green foliage, this variety is great for background plantings.
Height: 3 feet Width: 3.5 feet Bloom: 2” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Height: 5 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 2.5” across USDA Zones: 6B-9
Height: 5 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 2.5” across USDA Zones: 7-9
Azalea x ‘Robles’ PP#22762
Autumn Monarch™ Autumn Moonlight™
Autumn Lilac™
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Azalea x ‘Conleo’ PP#11640
Azalea x ‘Mootum’ PP#18416
Autumn Princess™
Autumn Rouge™
Autumn Royalty™
Autumn Ruby™
Autumn Princess’ salmon double flowers add striking beauty to any landscape. During the winter months, this variety’s foliage turns a gorgeous burgundy hue. Its compact growth habit makes it well suited as a hedge or as a specimen.
With its beautiful dark green foliage, upright growth and deep redpink, ruffled blooms, Autumn Rouge is well suited for backgrounds or hedges.
A robust upright variety with deep green foliage and large, rich purple blooms, Autumn Royalty was voted Azalea of the Year by the American Rhododendron Society.
This variety’s amazing ruby red, petite blooms work well in formal garden settings or as a border or small accent.
Azalea x ‘Roblea’ PP#12142
Azalea x ‘Conlea’ PP#10438
Azalea x ‘Conlec’ PP#10580
Azalea x ‘Conler’ PP#12110
Autumn Royalty™ Autumn Ruby™ Autumn Princess
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Autumn Rouge™
Height: 3.5 feet Width: 3 feet Bloom: 2” across USDA Zones: 6B-9
Height: 4 feet Width: 4.5 feet Bloom: 2” across USDA Zones: 6B-9
Height: 4.5 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 3.5” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
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Height: 2.5 feet Width: 3 feet Bloom: 1.25” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Autumn Sangria™
Autumn Starlite™
Autumn Sundance™
With one of the largest blooms in the Encore Azalea collection, an especially dense growth habit and a gorgeous dark pink and green color combination, Autumn Sangria is well suited as a specimen or a foundation planting.
Pink flecks and the occasional pink stripe add bursts of color on the otherwise white blooms of Autumn Starlite. Its narrow foliage adds a pleasant light green to the overall color palette.
Autumn Sundance’s blooms and foliage provide an everchanging color palette for your garden. The deep pink blooms contrast with the rich green foliage in the blooming months, with the foliage turning a reddish hue in winter.
Height: 4.5 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 3.5” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Height: 3.5 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 3” across USDA Zones: 7-9
Height: 3.5 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 3” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Azalea x ‘Roblee’ PP#15077
Autumn Sangria™
Azalea x ‘Roblem’ PP#15043
Autumn Starlite™
Autumn Sundance™
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Azalea x ‘Roblef’ PP#16184
Autumn Sunset™
Autumn Sweetheart™ Autumn Twist™ Azalea x ‘Robleja’ PP#16249
Azalea x ‘Conlep’ PP#12133
The blooms of this Encore variety pay homage to the vivid orange-reds of spectacular sunsets. With its deep green foliage, Autumn Sunset makes a significant color impact in any garden setting.
Autumn Sweetheart offers two shades of color. The pink flowers are so soft they sometimes appear almost white. Dotted with lavender freckles, the tantalizing blooms provide the perfect adornment for the rich evergreen foliage.
Amidst the unique white and purple striped blooms an occasional, completely purple bloom will appear. Combined with its beautiful dark green foliage, Autumn Twist’s unique color pattern makes this variety a festive and fast growing addition to any garden.
Height: 3 feet Width: 3.5 feet Bloom: 2.5” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Height: 4 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 2.5” across USDA Zones: 6B-9
Height: 4.5 feet Width: 4 feet Bloom: 3” across USDA Zones: 6A-9
Azalea x ‘Roblen’ PP#16248
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Autumn Sweetheart™ Autumn Twist™
Autumn Sunset™
Will Encore Azaleas Grow In My Area? Key Zone 10 Zone 9 Zone 8 Zone 7 Zone 6 Zone 5 & Below
Encore Azaleas grow well in USDA zones 7-9, with many varieties experiencing success in zones 6-10 as well. View the shaded blue areas found in each plant description to find Encore Azaleas for zone 6. Visit EncoreAzalea.com to find your zone. EncoreAzalea.com
Planting Your Encore Azaleas Sun Exposure: Encore Azaleas prefer a sunny location that can provide a minimum of four to six hours of sunlight a day. They also perform well in high filtered shade as long as they receive adequate sunlight. Encore Azaleas will grow in heavier shade locations, however this may decrease the amount of blooms and the azalea may grow more slowly. Spacing: Encore Azaleas should be planted the same width apart as the mature dimensions specify. This measurement should be taken from the center of one plant to the center of the other. For example: Autumn Angel’s mature dimensions are 3 feet wide. In order to have mature Autumn Angel plants bunched next to each other, you should plant them 3 feet apart, starting at the center of one plant and measuring to the center of the other. If you would like space between your azaleas, you should separate them by more than the mature width dimensions.
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Remember to space your Encores for mature growth sizes.
EncoreÂŽ Azaleas are the most sun tolerant azaleas on the market.
Planting Your Encore Azaleas Ground Preparation:
Encore Azaleas, like all azaleas, are acid-loving plants and thrive in well drained acidic soil. Optimal pH levels in the soil should be between 5.5 and 6.5. A raised bed is often helpful in areas where well-drained acidic soil is less available. Planting: Turn the soil well and dig a hole twice as wide as it is deep. Mix some organic compost or peat moss with the soil. (This is especially important if you have sandy or heavy clay soil.) Remove your EncoreŽ Azalea from its container and carefully but firmly loosen the root ball. Set the plant into the hole you’ve prepared, making sure the top of the root ball is above the soil level. Pull your soil around the plant, water thoroughly and cover with mulch.
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Caring For Your Encore Azaleas Spring & Summer Planting Care:
Water your Encore® Azalea well when you first plant it and keep the soil moist until winter. New azaleas will die quickly if the soil dries excessively. Your new Encore Azalea should not need regular watering after the first year unless there are periods of excessive drought. Fertilize with the recommended levels of azalea feed soon after planting. Do not fertilize after August. Fall & Winter Planting Care: Encore Azaleas also do well when they are planted at this time. New roots produced in the fall will help the azalea flourish in spring. Although less watering is necessary, do not allow the roots to become dry. Cover your young azalea when extreme cold weather approaches. As your Encore® Azalea matures, it will need less winter care. Do not fertilize until after the last frost. When you do fertilize, use azalea feed as directed. Pruning: Encore Azaleas require very little pruning to retain good form and do not need “dead-heading.” If you think your Encore® Azalea needs pruning, do so immediately after the spring flowering for maximum bud set. Light pruning of more established plants will stimulate growth and flowering. To Find the Nearest Retailer Visit EncoreAzalea.com
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