'Perfecto Mundo Orange' Reblooming Azalea

FEATURES

In a perfect world, azaleas would bloom for months instead of just weeks and have big, full flowers with pure and true colors. That's exactly what Perfecto Mundo® azaleas do. This innovative series comes from award-winning plant breeder Dr. Tom Ranney of NCSU.

Perfecto Mundo® Orange azalea is a neat, rounded shrub that's covered with bright, blazing orange blooms in spring, when other azaleas bloom, but then after a brief rest, begins blooming again in mid summer and continues through frost. Take a look at the range of other incredible colors in the series!

Top reasons to grow Perfecto Mundo® Orange azalea:

- Has a truly jaw-dropping flower density and will rebloom for months.

- Resistant to lacebug, a pest that can be problematic in certain areas.

- Grows in sun or part shade.

Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer

CHARACTERISTICS

Plant Type: 
 Shrub
 
Shrub Type: 
 Evergreen
 
Height Category: 
 Short
 
Garden Height: 
 30 Inches
 
Spacing: 
 36 - 48 Inches
 
Spread: 
 36 - 48 Inches
 
Flower Colors: 
 Orange
 
Foliage Colors: 
 Green
 
Foliage Shade: 
 Green
 
Habit: 
 Mounded
 
Container Role: 
 Thriller

PLANT NEEDS

Light Requirement: 
 Part Sun to Sun
 
 Sun

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

Maintenance Category: 
 Moderate
Blooms On: 
 New Wood
 
 Old Wood
Bloom Time: 
 Spring
 
 Mid Summer
 
 Late Summer
 
 Early Fall
 
 Mid Fall
Hardiness Zones: 
 6b7a7b8a8b9a9b
Water Category: 
 Average
Soil Fertility Requirement: 
 Average Soil
Soil PH Category: 
 Acidic Soil
Uses: 
 Border Plant
 
 Edging Plant
 
 Landscape
 
 Mass Planting
 
 Specimen or Focal Point
Uses Notes: 
 

Azaleas are a classic choice for landscaping, especially planted in front of homes and on banks. Planting a reblooming azalea like Perfecto Mundo Orange means you get more flowers, however you wish to incorporate them into your landscape or garden.

Maintenance Notes: 
 

Perfecto Mundo Orange azalea blooms on old wood in spring, then later, on new wood. As such, it should only be pruned immediately after its spring bloom. Even if it doesn't need pruning, it's not a bad practice to give the plant a light trim after its spring bloom, which encourages new growth - the more new growth it puts on after that spring bloom, the more rebloom you'll get. 

A note on hardiness: Perfecto Mundo Orange azalea is hardy to USDA zone 6b, and is better suited to milder coastal areas of zone 6b than harsh Midwestern sites. If you wish to plant it in zone 6b, select a protected location and mulch well. Do not fertilize after mid-July in these areas. 

If you do wish to fertilize, do so in early spring, just as the new growth begins to emerge, and then again after the spring bloom is complete. Use a rose fertilizer.

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