Evergreen Azalea Purpurtraum AGM
- Code: APURPURT
- Flower Colour: Mauve-Blue
- Flowering Month: May
- Height After 10 Years: 25-50cm
- Interesting Foliage: No
- Scent: Not Scented
- Hardiness: Below -20 °C
Lovely small (35mm) but distictive mauve flowers which hide all the foliage in late May. This is a compact and tough variety from Northern Germany. Height 50-60cm in 10 years.
David Millais thought so much of this plant when he saw for the first time that he brought it back from Germany in his flight bag!
- Ideal for containers and small gardens, including rock gardens and front of borders.
- Easy to grow.
- Group:Evergreen Azalea (Northern European hybrid).
- Parentage: unknown.
- Hybridization date: pre 2000 (before 1990).
- Bred by: A. Wemken. Origin: German.
- Habit: Dense mound.
- Ideal position: Most garden situations.
- Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
- RHS Hardiness Rating: H4.
- How we usually propagate this plant: Cutting.
- Awards: RHS Award of Garden Merit.
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