Providence Size:1 gal size 2-3 year old plants

Providence Size:1 gal size 2-3 year old plantsA well mannered Scottish heath that was found as a seedling in 1972 by Mr. H. M. J. Blum in the heather garden of 'De Voorzienigheid', the nunnery at Steenwijkerwold (Netherlands) where he was gardener; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1974. The flowers on 'Providence' are about as dark as they get, approaching red. The foliage is a soft, dark green, on plants that will be 12 inches tall and 24 inches wide over time.

come out green with pink edges

then will begin to shift to a nice rich pink color

Favored by chickadees and grosbeaks

augustinii hybrids

You will NOT be "feelin blue" if you get this plant going in your own garden

Interestingly this is the only azalea native to Europe

caryophylus

then eventually turning purple before dropping

Hybridized and registered by Waterer

We like to have more on one side than the other to simulate what nature does

it tends toward neat clumps

Spreads wider than tall