Az. 'Arneson Ruby' web special

Az. 'Arneson Ruby' web specialStarting in the 1960's, Ivan and Robertha Arneson of Canby, Oregon started hybridizing deciduous azaleas. Over a period of 30 years they worked to produce the best and brightest deciduous azaleas. We have been lucky to grow some of their beauties. Their best red, often called the 'reddest' azalea is 'Arneson Ruby'. The plant will grow to be 3 4 ft tall in 10 years, and blooms in May. The red color is a deeply saturated ruby red enhanced by red

and are long lived

‘Issho-no-haru’ forms a dense

Light shearing after bloom insures compactness

yet bushy habit

The tree will grow to be 4 ft tall and 3 ft wide in 10 years in a plump pyramidal shape

This attractive cultivar has almost perfect form and foliage and grows into that chubby

with little height gained each year

This named form of R

which puts this plant into the dwarf category

stopping everyone in their tracks

it is hard to root

The contrast is very attractive