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With its amazing ability to bloom in spring, summer, and fall, Encore Azalea is often in the headlines. Please use the links below to read recent press releases and articles.

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Container Planting Encore Azaleas

July 8, 2010 -- If your patio, deck, or garden is looking bare and unfinished, add a splash of life and color by container planting different varieties of Encore Azaleas. Read more.

 

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Encore varieties lead multi-season azaleas

February 25, 2010 -- Until recently, many home gardeners didn't know much about the multi-season blooming potential of some of the newer azalea varieties. Read more.

 

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Study: Encore® Azalea Varieties Resistant to Lace Bugs

LOXLEY, ALA. - February 15, 2010 - In a recent USDA study, 11 varieties of Encore® Azalea were found to be resistant or moderately resistant to lace bugs, a major landscaping pest that can lead to loss of leaves and plant vigor as well as pesticide use.

Research entomologist Grant Kirker reports, "Host plant resistance is an environmentally friendly, low-tech, low-cost method of control that reduces the need for pesticides to manage azalea lace bugs." Read more.

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Encore® Azalea Adds New Grower Partners To Licensed Grower Group

LOXLEY, ALA. - February 8, 2010 -Encore Azalea - the number one best-selling azalea brand in the world and the only azalea brand that blooms spring, summer, and fall - has added five new wholesale grower partners to its Encore Azalea licensed grower group. Read more.

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Encore Azalea Announces New Variety Autumn Lilac™

LOXLEY, ALA. - January 7, 2010 - Encore® Azalea, the only brand of azalea to bloom spring, summer, and fall, has announced the debut of a new variety in its Collection, according to Encore® Azalea developer Robert E. "Buddy" Lee. Encore Azalea Autumn Lilac features a unique, brilliant lavender bloom color and spectacular rich green foliage. Read more.

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Rambling Through Dave's Garden (blog)
January 30, 2010

Encore Azaleas claim to bloom spring, summer, and fall, and I have witnessed this to be true... Read more.

 

 

 

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Fall for Encore Azaleas

Gardeners know fall is a great time of year to plant trees, shrubs, and flowering bulbs, but did you know autumn is an ideal time for azalea planting, too? Read More.

 

 
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Encore Azalea Debuts New Care Video

Planting Encore Azaleas is made simple with the new care video at EncoreAzalea.com. Gardeners will learn easy planting tips for Encore Azalea, the only patented brand of azaleas to bloom in spring, summer, and fall. Read more.

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Versatility Expands Usage for Multi-Season Blooming Encore Azalea

In the more than 15 years that Encore Azaleas have been tested in gardens and nurseries across the Southeast, they have proven to be a low-maintenance solution for multi-season landscape color. Anecdotal evidence and a recent university study also suggest they are more sun-tolerant, cold hardy and versatile than previously expected. Read more.

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Expert Tips for Picture Perfect Azaleas
March 29, 2008

Long adored for their luscious blooms and stately stature in the garden, azaleas remain one of the most popular shrubs in modern-day landscapes. But to ensure that these super-bloomers operate at peak performance, Read more.