Azalea japonica 'Girard's Purple'

Vivid purple blooms with scarlet spots cover this compact, vigorous azalea in mid-spring; dark green glossy foliage emerges light green-yellow; needs highly acidic and organic soil that is well drained

Girard's Purple Azalea is an open multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Girard's Purple Azalea is covered in stunning clusters of purple trumpet-shaped flowers with scarlet spots at the ends of the branches in mid spring. It has dark green evergreen  foliage which emerges light green in spring. The glossy narrow leaves remain dark green throughout the winter.

Girard's Purple Azalea will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.