Arneson Ruby Azalea

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Arneson ruby azalea.

Rich ruby red flowers decorate this outstanding new deciduous azalea in mid spring. Arneson gem exbury azalea. Arneson ruby azalea azalea x arneson ruby sku 40086. Blooms mid spring 4 5 ft tall x 3 ft spread deciduous hardy to 20 f 28 9 c attracts bees butterflies and hummingbirds.

Certainly one of the top candidates for the reddest azalea has to be arneson s ruby also listed under arneson ruby. Azaleas make a great accent plant to any landscape setting. It was hybridized by ivan and robertha arneson long time growers and hybridizers of deciduous azaleas. Evenly moist well drained soils.

The eye catching flowers cover the shrub as the foliage begins to appear. Arneson ruby in the dauksza garden good flower that was partly double they saved it and started to hybridize for a larger flowered double corolla 3 to 4 in. Starting in the 1960 s ivan and robertha arneson of canby oregon started hybridizing deciduous azaleas. Arneson gem is a true jewel.

The foliage fall color is red orange. Partial to full sun. Filtered to full sun growing conditions. Blooms mid april into may and it is fragrant.

The foliage is bronze toned and is a slower grower making a smaller sized deciduous azalea in the landscape. Ivan robertha arneson. Home none arneson gem exbury azalea. Supremely large 5 dark ruby red wavy edged flowers appear mid spring.

It is a deeply saturated true ruby red enhanced by red filaments on its stamens and a mint green stigma on its red pistil. It is fragrant and the leaves are disease resistant. Prolific spring bloomer with abundant red buds streaked with yellow then opening to a gorgeous flower show displaying blooms each with a yellow throat shading to reddish orange at the margins. 3 foot clump forming usda zone.

Azalea arneson ruby growth habit. Deciduous azaleas are ericaceous plants loving insulate position with constantly moist soil. Vigorous grower with a tight compact habit. Arneson nursery and the azalea fields ivan and robertha next to one of their red hybrids circa 1980 s arneson hybrids tadeusz dauksza orland park il.

Azalea arneson ruby deciduous azalea large ruby red blooms with wavy edges lay on bright green foliage that turns an attractive shade of red in the fall. Silver sword sport of girards rose azalea evergreen. Azalea arneson gem wazalarg. The foliage is bronze toned and being a slower.

Red buds open to large soft yellow orange flowers shading to strong reddish orange at the margins.