Gumpo White Dwarf Azalea
Azalea satsuki ‘Gumpo White’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 2′
Width at Maturity: 3′
Spacing: 1.5′ for solid hedges; 4’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Dense, Mounding, Rounded
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Glowing White
Flower Size: Large, 2.5″
Flowering Period: Late Spring, Early Summer
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Bright Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Sun Needs: Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun or Dappled Shade
Water Needs: Average, lower when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sandy (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low, Average
Attracts: Butterflies, Visual Attention
Resistances: Rabbit
Description
‘Gumpo White’ is a true dwarf, dense growing Satsuki hybrid evergreen azalea that produces large, ruffled glowing white flowers in late spring in to early summer. It’s small size lends well for those tight spots in the landscape and under low sitting windows or decks.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing to 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide, Gumpo White Azalea is a perfect choice for groupings, mass plantings, low hedges or an accent in partially shaded landscape borders, woodland gardens, and home foundation plantings. Butterflies love the flowers, and blooming branches serve very well for cutting to create stunning indoor floral arrangements.
Spacing: 1.5′ for solid hedges; 4’+ for space between plants
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Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a, where this Azalea variety is not winter hardy outdoors, you can enjoy growing it in containers that can be moved indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Evergreen Azaleas are easy to grow when planted right and in the right spot. They prefer a moist but well-drained and acidic soil that is rich in organic matter and part sun. Morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun is ideal. Moderate drought tolerance when established.
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