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Welcome: The azalea for the spring garden

The azalea is colorful in the garden in spring
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Perfect for balcony and terrace

From March to June, the flowers of the Garden Azalea radiate with the sun to the bet. The color spectrum of the flowers ranges from fresh white to cheerful reds.

The hardy garden azalea wakes up in the spring to new life and captivates by its wealth of forms. The garden plant thrives in a pot on a terrace or balcony, but feels just as comfortable in the bed. Belonging to the rhododendron family, it is a slow-growing plant that only reaches its full size of about one to two meters after several years. This makes it suitable for small and large gardens.

She controls the entire color palette: The flower colors vary between simple white, romantic pink, warm yellow and orange and bright pink. For the special splash of color in the home garden provide two-tone flowers. Even in the form of flowering, the azalea is versatile: small or large, filled or simply flowering.

Care tips for the azalea

The ideal planting time for the garden azalea is from March to April or September to November. In the garden, the easy-care plant prefers a partially shaded and sheltered location with acidic, well water-permeable soil.

For planting, a small depression is dug into the soil and the plant is put in with some peat. The root ball should be covered with a little bit of soil so that the top part of the root system can still be seen and cast directly.

On the balcony and terrace, where the plant grows in pots and pots, excess rainwater and irrigation water should be able to drain off easily, for example by using expanded clay as a lower layer in the pot or a drainage hole in the soil.

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