Evergreen Azalea Chippewa
- Code: ACHIP
- Flower Colour: Pink
- Flowering Month: Summer
- Height After 10 Years: 50-75cm
- Interesting Foliage: No
- Scent: Not Scented
- Hardiness: To -20 °C
An old variety with large (around 65cm) rose pink flowers in June-July. This is a really useful plant to extend the flowering season well into the summer, and we have several groups planted in the gardens at Crosswater Farm. Tough and hardy. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
- Ideal for containers and small gardens, ideally planted in groups to maximise effect.
- Easy to grow.
- Group:Evergreen Azalea (possibly Kurume or kaempferi hybrid).
- Parentage: Unknown
- Hybridization date: pre 1950 (c.1940).
- Bred by: Bobbink & Atkins. Origin: American.
- Habit: Upright.
- Ideal position: Most garden situations.
- Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
- RHS Hardiness Rating: H4.
- How we usually propagate this plant: Cutting.
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