evergreen azaleas for full sun
Evergreen azaleas for full sun bring vibrant colour and year-round structure to New Zealand gardens, making them a top choice for gardeners seeking low-maintenance, beautiful landscaping solutions. While azaleas are traditionally known as shade lovers, several varieties thrive just as well in full sun, especially in cooler regions or when provided with enough moisture. Evergreen azaleas provide glossy foliage and spectacular displays of blooms, turning garden borders, containers, and hedges into living works of art even in the brightest spots. Explore the best varieties and discover how to grow these stunning evergreen shrubs successfully in full sun.
Azalea Autumn Lily (Autumn Lily Azalea)
Azalea Autumn Lily is grown for its lovely form and profuse flowering. This hardy, evergreen shrub produces masses of fragrant, large and showy, white blooms through winter and spring as it grows to 1.2 m tall and the same wide. Azalea Autumn Lily is a great choice for adding to a mixed or border planting, planting around outdoor living areas such as pool and barbecue area, including in cottage and “white” gardens, or using anywhere a stunning plant is required. Mass planting provides for an amazing display with this variety.
From $29.63
Azalea indica
This variety of Azalea grown for its lovely form and profuse flowering. This hardy, evergreen shrub produces masses of small and showy, lightly scented, single, rose-pink blooms from winter until late spring. These are held abreast of the glossy, dark green foliage. It typically grows to 1.5 m tall and the same wide, performing best when planted in a semi-shade or full sun position on a well-drained, sheltered site. It is tolerant of frost and cool climates but does require good soil moisture levels during dry periods and should be protected from heavy frost while establishing. When fertilising, avoid using lime as this will stunt or even kill plants. This is a great choice for container growing, adding to a mixed planting, using in borders, planting around the base of larger trees, or planting anywhere a stunning plant is required. Cluster planting is very trendy and gives a highly colourful display.
From $36.38
