Evergreen Azalea kaempferi 'Damio'
- Code: AKAEDAM
- Flower Colour: Orange
- Flowering Month: June
- Height After 10 Years: 75-100cm
- Interesting Foliage: No
- Scent: Not Scented
- Hardiness: To -20 °C
This plant has lovely large (up to 50mm) deep orange pink flowers in June. A very hardy plant from Japan which is semi-evergreen in hard winters. Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
kaempferi is the most common native azalea of Japan and is treated as a species. It has proved to be an important parent in the development of hardy evergreen azaleas. This selected clone is one of the best, and is rarely available. Also known as 'Daimio'.
- Ideal to extend the flowering season .
- Easy to grow.
- Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kyushu Group).
- Parentage: selection from kaempferi
- Hybridization date: pre 1950 (before 1905).
- Bred by: unknown. Origin: Japanese.
- 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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