This semi-evergreen azalea is an ideal choice for the mixed border as well as front foundation plantings due to its compact, mounded habit and pretty pale lilac-rose flowers in early spring. The foliage is bright green, turning shade of orange and red in the fall. Will shed lower lower leaves in winter. To ensure success this plant must have loose, acidic soil that drains well, and will fail in wet, heavy, poorly draining clay. Amend heavy clay soil with shredded pine bark and add soil sulfur to lower the pH. Flower bud hardy to -25F.

This is an open multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage. Gibraltar Azalea is covered in stunning clusters of lightly-scented orange trumpet-shaped flowers with a yellow blotch at the ends of the branches in mid spring before the leaves. It has green deciduous foliage. The narrow leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.