Azalea japonica 'GIRARD'S HOT SHOT' Japanese azalea
size/type
small shrub,small shrub
usual height
0,5-0,6m
usual width
0,8-1m
leaves
evergreen broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
May
location
full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest)
5 (down to -29°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Japanese azaleas are very popular features of our gardens. In their home climate they grow to relatively substantial shrubs, as opposed to limited sizes in our continental, dry climate. They are very floriferous, maintenance-free shrubs that usually bloom from mid to late spring.
Description of the plant:
Japanese azaleas from the Girardseries are renowned for their excellent hardiness and rich flower colours. Girard's Hot Shot is an exciting variety with rich red flowers. The tone is very warm and vivid, and flowers have conspicuous frilled margins. Leaves are small, narrowly elliptic, glossy, and usually reliably evergreen. It forms compact and bushy, rounded shrubs with flat tops, and needn't be pruned for a nice shape. Bred and introduced by P.E.Girard from Geneva, Ohio, USA, in 1963.Japanese azaleas can be clipped to shapes in early June. If so, do not use fertilizers enhancing growth rate. The size of new branches would get out hand and spoil the shape you are going to achieve. They need light, permeable soil that is acid, constantly moist (keep azaleas mulched at all times) and moderately fertile. Use fertilizers for rhododendrons and azaleas, or ericaceous plants. The best soil mix is 1/3 of peat, 1/3 of leaf-mould or lime-free compost, and 1/3 of soil from the hole where you are going to plant it. Azaleas have shallow roots, so do not plant not too deep. Hardy to about -29°C (USDA zone 5).
Last update 30-01-2019
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