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Genus: Azalea 'Southern Charm'
Common Name: Southern Charm Azalea
Description: A beautiful evergreen shrub with lush green foliage that produces masses of large, showy single pink blooms in the spring. Works well for use as a flowering hedge or screen, or massed for an impressive color display. Makes an ideal container plant.
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Size: 6' to 8' tall and wide
Growth Rate: Moderate
Exposure: Partial to Full Sun
Hardiness: Zone 8-9
Soil: Acidic, well-drained, organic
Uses: This Azalea's familiar pink blooms make a lovely focal point along a sunny property line. Particularly striking and useful as a screening hedge or against an eight- to 10-foot fence. Good companion plants are Gardenia (Gardenia); Astilbe (Astilbe); Hydrangea (Hydrangea); Daphne (Daphne); Tree Fern (Dicksonia); Fatsia (Fatsia).
Southern Charm Azalea