Exbury Mandarin Lights Azalea Feeds Pollinators Large dark purple buds emerge

Large dark purple buds emerge in mid to late spring

but can tolerate often saturated clay as well as loamy rich soil

Part of the celebrated Gatsby series from Proven Winners ColorChoice

and continue their brilliant show through mid to late July

We think it is aptly named because the blueish purple glow coming off this plant gives it a somewhat occult appearance

Exbury Mandarin Lights Azalea Feeds Pollinators Large dark purple buds emergeFew spring blooming shrubs deliver color with the uninhibited intensity that 'Mandarin Lights' brings to the northern garden. The flowers ruffled, tubular, and blazing in true mandarin orange with reddish overtones arrive in April and May in full clusters of up to 12 blooms per truss, erupting from bare stems well before the foliage emerges. That naked stem flowering moment is one of the most dramatic effects a deciduous azalea can produce, the vivid