Encore Azalea’s Four Stunning White Blooming Selections

Inspiration and tips for gardening with white Encore Azaleas

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White is one of the most important colors we can use in the landscape, and the Encore series of azaleas offers you four glistening choices: Autumn Angel®, Autumn Ivory®Autumn Lily® and Autumn Moonlight®.

White is a complementing or contrasting color. Thus, many landscape designers will tell you that all other colors are enhanced or made more beautiful by the addition of white. One thing is for certain – all four of the white blooming Encore Azaleas will also give a feeling of planning and precision. In other words, it will show that you, the gardener, knew what you were doing by carefully incorporating white into your landscape.

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The Best Blooms for Moon Gardens and Woodland Gardens

White – like that in Autumn Moonlight– is so reflective of light that it is actually the last color to fade from view in the evening. As the light is diminished, darker colors like reds and purples drop out of sight.

The white ruffled semi-double blooms with yellow dusted throats make quite a statement on a plant that reaches 5-feet tall and 4-feet wide. You have probably driven in neighborhoods with a forest canopy of trees – most often you never really know what was growing, or if anything was blooming. This taller stature of Autumn Moonlight™ will give form and focus to the woodland garden, which may otherwise be lost to view.

Encore Azalea white blooms

Highlight Garden Paths with These White Flowers

When massing white in a border, or along a path, plant the most compact azalea varieties closest to the perimeter. Varieties like dwarf Autumn Angel or Autumn Ivory will give the walkway definition on those moonlight or bright starry nights. This will keep visitors from straying off the path.

White – like that of the dwarf Autumn Ivory– can give definition to those filtered sunlight areas in and around large trees as well. Even though dwarf, this variety of Encore Azalea is absolutely stunning in its bloom quantity.

Encore Azalea white, pink and purple bloom collage

Pairing White Reblooming Azaleas with Pink Blooms

Autumn Angel really gives a sense of joy, purity and even triumph. Both dwarf white selections Autumn Angel and Autumn Ivory would be superb in front of taller pink Encore® Azaleas like Autumn Carnival® or purple, like Autumn Royalty®. The pink, purple and white combinations are perfect for Easter and Spring.

Encore Azalea white and purple blooms collage

Purple Pairings for Your White Encore Azaleas

Lastly is the tall Autumn Lily™– exquisite in every way from its tall 5-foot nature to its large 3-inch blooms. The pristine single white blooms occasionally feature a purple stripe. As they say, this is just a little “lagniappe!’ Try partnering a dwarf purple azalea variety like Autumn Lilac® or Autumn Majesty® for your photo moment.

If you have never tried Encore Azaleas, then make this the year you do. Plant several this spring and you will quickly see why they are the best-selling azaleas in the market. You’ll be amazed as they repeat bloom in the summer, culminating in a crescendo of blooms in the fall. This is the reason all Encore Azaleas begin with the first name Autumn.

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