Exbury Azalea Gibraltar
The mounding form is excellent for massing in shrub borders or for use as a bold landscape accent at the edge of a reflecting pool.
Exbury azalea gibraltar. This spectacular exbury hybrid azalea is an rhs award of garden merit winner. They will tolerate full sun and like to be planted in a well drained acidic non compacted soil. Plant taxonomy classifies these orange azaleas as rhododendron gibraltar occasionally you will see the name written as rhododendron x gibraltar the insertion of the x in the name calls attention to the fact that this is a hybrid plant. Huge trusses of lightly scented coppery orange flowers open from red orange buds before leaves appear enhancing the drama.
Azalea exbury gibraltar exceptional exbury azalea displaying huge 2 1 2 inch flower trusses that are a striking copper orange color. Most plants reach 3 5 in height. Makes a wonderful colorful flowering hedge. It has large ball shaped trusses of 2 3 8 to 3 in.
Knap hill and exbury azaleas are by far the most popular of deciduous hybrid azaleas grown in north america. Evergreen azaleas are one of the most popular of the partial shade loving plants but their deciduous cousins a group known as exbury hybrids have largely flown under the radar. This beautiful deciduous azalea is hardy fragrant and easy to grow. Rhododendron gibraltar setting the garden ablaze multiple award winning rhododendron gibraltar is a medium sized deciduous azalea which produces incredibly eye catching ball shaped trusses of 10 to 12 flowers.
It is an upright shrub that grows 4 to 6 ft. They need protection from the midday sun and a fertile soil with a low ph. Rhododendron is a genus of evergreen and deciduous shrubs which includes azaleas. The shrub is part of the exbury group of hybrids.
Gibraltar is an exbury hybrid introduced in 1947. Wide flowers with broad frilly lobed vivid orange petals. Tall and 3 to 5 ft. Gibraltar azalea growing and maintenance tips azalea have a shallow fibrous root system requiring constant moisture but dislike standing water.
These lovely shrubs look terrific in a mixed border or in. Gibraltar azalea is a deciduous flowering shrub. Azalea x klondyke exbury hybrid sku 0830 an extremely hardy selection that provides a massive display of vibrant golden yellow single blooms with lush bronze tinged green foliage. Gibraltar received rhododendron of the year honors in 2007 from the american rhododendron society.
Exbury hybrid azaleas are one group among several genera of deciduous azaleas belonging to the rhododendron genus.