Az. 'Purple Kurume' Web Specials

Az. 'Purple Kurume' Web SpecialsOne of our favorite small leaf small flower evergreen azaleas with a delightful purple color. Dense, upright, evergreen shrub with small, 1 4 inch long, elliptic, glossy, olive green leaves. The Kurume are prized for showy clusters of small, profuse early to midspring flowers, 1 to 3 per truss, which literally cover the plant. Best adapted to partial sun. The Kurume hybrid azaleas of Japan owe their parentage to several species of mountain azaleas,

and are they so showy

The plant is a tight mounding form with bright glowing-green needles

you will not regret adding it for fragrance and late flowering

and will be larger in some shade

while in partial shade

When young

layering over each other

The flowering lasts for 4-5 months with the flowers progressing through 5 color changes

is quite distinctive

but the winter foliage that starts out orange then shades to red will be the real show

The foliage is dense

Yakushima Island