hey friends today we're gonna explore why reblooming azalea's would be a great
addition to your southern garden stay tuned
when we say southern Gardens there are a few plants that come to the top of our
mind and azaleas are definitely one of those plants we are fortunate here in
the south to have gorgeous gorgeous azaleas in the springtime they provide
us massive color and everybody loves to have those family pictures made in front
of their azaleas right around Easter time but there is a problem with these
old-timey azaleas yes while we're gonna talk about reblooming
azaleas today these are not your Grandmama's azaleas these things are
fantastic one is probably the most iconic the gold standard in reblooming
azaleas is the encore azalea encore azaleas have actually 31 varieties they
come in all shapes sizes you get some big ones you get some smaller ones they
come in a great variety of colors from the whites to the Pinks to the bi colors to this double bloom this is carnation and it is a double bloom it is
fantastic so there's a lot of variety within the Encore line also they are
Hardy from zones six to ten we in North Carolina
are a zone 7b so we fit in perfectly in that zone period so they can take the
cold temperatures and they can take that heat when you're planting and you're
picking out your encores you want to think about where you're gonna put it
they need to have at least four to six hours of direct sunlight if they have
less than that then you're not gonna get your blooms they do really well with the
Morning Sun and a little bit of protection from that afternoon Sun
especially if you were in those warmer zones if they are tough and adaptable
though so of course when you first plant them you want to water them well get
them well established especially in that first year to get those roots really
established in the ground but once they are established they are Hardy they are
drought tolerant and very tough and adaptable so if you do get a lot of
afternoon Sun and you probably just might need to give it a little bit more
water another thing as far as maintenance goes
on encore azaleas is they do bloom two times a year so they're gonna get those
beautiful spring blooms and then this time of year September into October
you're gonna get a whole new flush of blooms this is really interesting
did you know did not know this encore azaleas they all have their first name
is autumn so like this is autumn carnation then there's autumn royalty on
the end so that is very unique to the encore azaleas is all of their first
names are autumn so you automatically think hey this blooms again in the
autumn so that's a really neat little feature about it when you are
maintaining your azaleas on your on course you need to um you can fertilize
then after their spring blooms and if you need to trim it you want to do that
immediately after the spring blooms so like on this guy you see that there's a
couple of stems that are kind of a little bit taller than than others this
is the fall we're in September the end of September I do not want to trim this
now because if I were to trim and kind of shape it up and make it look pretty
I'm cutting off next Springs blooms so do not trim them until they've had that
spring flush of blooms immediately after they have had their spring blooms then
you can trim them back they'll have time to grow bloom on that new growth in the
fall so Encore azaleas got to love them another great reblooming azalea
that we really really like is proven winners bloom-a-thon series the bloom- a-thon series there are five different varieties they are depending on the
variety about hardy in zones seven to nine they have like I said five
different colors they are different mature heights on them so this is the
bloom athon double pink so it is a double bloom with the pink and then on
the end we have the red so lots of really pretty colors and they are really
interesting because these guys are considered a
semi-evergreen so right now you can see they have gorgeous gorgeous leaf color
then in the winter time they will keep all of their outer leaves and they will
lose their interior leaves for the winter so that's why they're called a
semi evergreen I'm so they're not going to go completely naked but they will
thin out a little bit another great thing that I have to say that proven
winners has an advantage over the encores
is that these guys actually bloom three times during the year so they again
those spring blooms they are both spring bloomers you're gonna get somewhere
between six to eight weeks of blooms in the spring with your bloom Athan then
about mid-july they're gonna bloom again so that's the second bloom and then your
fall bloom so it starts late summer through fall into a first hard frost so
in that time period you can have blooms on these guys from 12 to 16 weeks I mean
that is amazing so when your garden is starting to look sad and kind of tired
both of these reblooming azaleas are gonna bring some pops of color and
brightness to your garden so that is one reason that we absolutely love these
Re-blooming azaleas will say also with the maintenance on the bloom-a-thons it's
very similar to the encores you only want to fertilize in the spring
never pass mid-july and you're gonna want to trim them after their spring
blooms again if you wanted to shape it up a little bit I would not do this now
so I'm going to cut off next year's blooms
so if you have not considered adding some reblooming azalea's to your garden
you might want to repaint this because these are not your Grandmama's azaleas
they are gorgeous they are Hardy and we love them hope you've enjoyed this video
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