Azalea Perfecto Mundo Pw Double Purple 3G

Perfecto Mundo® Double Pink

Reblooming Azalea

Rhododendron x

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 Double Pink azalea is the series debut, a neat, rounded shrub that's covered with double pink blooms in spring, when other azaleas bloom, but then after a brief rest, begins blooming again in mid summer and continues through frost. Look for more colors to come as we make sure each possibility measures up to our standards.

Top reasons to grow Perfecto Mundo^® Double Pink azalea:

• Reblooming azalea provides months of blooms, not merely weeks
• 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: 

 24 - 36 Inches 61cm - 91cm

Spacing: 

 24 - 36 Inches 61cm - 91cm

Spread: 

 24 - 36 Inches 61cm - 91cm

Flower Colors: 

 Pink

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: 

 Easy

Blooms On: 

 New Wood

 Old Wood

Bloom Time: 

 Spring

 Mid Summer

 Late Summer

 Early Fall

 Mid Fall

Hardiness Zones: 

 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b

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 Double Pink means you get more flowers, however you wish to incorporate them into your landscape or garden.

Maintenance Notes: 

 

Perfecto Mundo Double Pink 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 does'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 Double Pink 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.

Perfecto Mundo^® Double Pink Rhododendron x 'NCRX3' USPP 32,819, Can PBRAF