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Japanese azalea "EISPRINZESSIN"®

Azalea japonica
Azalea japonica
"EISPRINZESSIN"®

Japanese azalea

USUAL HEIGHT and WIDTH
0.4-0.8m x 0.5-1.3m
LEAVES
evergreen broadleaf
SIZE/TYPE
low or groundcovering		 COLOUR OF LEAVES

green
BLOOMING TIME
May - June
LOCATION
full to partial sun		 FLOWERS
showy
USDA zone (lowest)
5b   (down to -27°C) 		COLOUR OF FLOWERS

white
WINTER PROTECTION
for zone 5+6
Code of winter protection zone 5+6
for zone 7
Code of winter protection zone 7
 Belongs to categories
Azaleas and Rhododendrons
Evergreen broadleaf
SIZE and PRICES
form container size size quality price (incl. VAT) where in stock sending options quantity
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THE PRICES INCLUDE VAT of 9%. For quick conversion you can use 1 CZK = approx. 0.04 EUR

 



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GLOSSARY

  • STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
  • DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
  • EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
  • STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
  • SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
  • HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
  • FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
  • GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
 DESCRIPTION
Japanese azaleas are very popular features of our gardens. Apart from the old, well-known favourites there are new varieties and hybrids every year, showing better colours and offering improved features. Eisprinzessin® holds a good amount of poetry already in its name – ice princess. This beauty was bred by Hans Hachmann only in 1998 and 5 years after, in 2003 it was awarded one of the most prestigious awards - the Golden medal at the International horticultural exhibition IGA in Rostock.

Eisprinzessin® is a mound-forming Japanese azalea with pure white, double flowers. They are extra large for an azalea, almost 6 cm across. They come out in abundance from end May until mid June. When the shrub is in full bloom the plant looks like a mound of fresh snow with glittering icing and the foliage is nearly invisible. But for all the rest of the year the evergreen leaves are more than a dignified feature as they are deep green, partly glossy and hold well in winter. The plant grows slowly into a compact cushion, about 30 cm tall and 50-60 cm wide in 10 years.

Japanese azaleas can be clipped to shapes in early June, however, this one is better off untouched. It needs light, permeable soil that is acid, constantly moist (keep azaleas mulched at all times) and moderately fertile. Use fertilizers for rhododendrons and azaleas, or ericaceous plants. The best soil mix is 1/3 of peat, 1/3 of leaf-mould or lime-free compost, and 1/3 of soil from the hole where you are going to plant it. Azaleas have shallow roots, so do not plant not too deep. Fully hardy to -26°C (USDA zone 5b).

Last update 23-02-2010