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Shrub
Encore Azalea
Rhododendron 'Encore'
Special care: reblooming azalea that needs acidic, raised beds with amended soil, afternoon shade and steady water — not suited to plain DFW clay.
Recommended uses
- Shade beds
- Foundation beds
- Plant type
- Flowering shrub
- Evergreen / deciduous
- Evergreen
- Sun
- Part shade
- Shade tolerance
- Moderate
- Water needs
- High
- Bloom season
- Spring, Fall
- Bloom color
- Pink, Red, Purple, White
- Mature height
- 3–4 ft
- Mature width
- 3–4 ft
- Maintenance
- High
- Texas heat tolerance
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- Low